DRW Reviews
Updated May 18, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "As a result of the expansion over the past few years, the partners are less involved in the day to day management of groups." (in 8 reviews)
- "Discretionary bonus structure within certain trading groups can be a bit opaque for younger traders." (in 3 reviews)
- "The relatively small size of the accounting department makes it hard to say what future career opportunities DRW will have" (in 3 reviews)
- "this company expects you to work long hours for them and they require am intern course." (in 3 reviews)
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great Culture, Great pay, remote work
Cons
I would say paying for Chicago rent, but remote is the norm.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
mentorships, opportunities, benefits, forward focused and take risks to improve
Cons
leadership from the top has great vision, but that can get muddled by individuals in the middle who aren't as good at leading or feel insecure, can be hard to navigate as a supporting individual but overall still a decent culture. room for improvement with inclusion of minorities as well.
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Citizen of the community; strong supporter of employee engagement in education at high school and college level; actively pursues diversity in their workforce; cohesive and collaborative work environment; great benefits and office perks; strives to live their values; stable senior leadership team who works well together
Cons
Due in part to the nature of the business, trading desks and supporting teams can be silo'd from each other, and the culture as-experienced may be somewhat uneven.
Continue readingThank you for your valuable feedback! We are grateful that you have been with us for over 20 years and appreciate your commitment to our vision.
- Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
There are a lot of very smart people here, people are generally ethical and the company is well capitalized.
Cons
The firm is still very silo’d and it’s not collaborative at all. One’s experience is most likely dependent on their team.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
- Potentially good company culture outside of the group I worked in - Free food
Cons
- Huge lack of support from team - Zero collaboration within team - "Better than" mentality, team always put down other teams that they considered less than - Overall, very toxic environment
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great pay, great people, great work/life balance, daily breakfast and lunch, company events, perks on perks
Cons
No real downsides in my opinion but this is probably because I work with a great team and have interesting work. That may not be everyone's experience.
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Amazing perks for their teams
Cons
Chicago is not for me
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
The company as a whole has a great working environment setup for employees. You have to put in your time to prove yourself and will be rewarded with good bonus.
Cons
Lack of upper management communication on goals for each team/silo.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
GREAT people environment. overall great place
Cons
I cant think of anything bad at all
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great company, people, work life balance. Exciting projects to work on.
Cons
Security has been tightening more and more, making it a bit more difficult in certain areas.
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DRW Reviews FAQs
DRW has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5, based on over 194 reviews left anonymously by employees. 85% of employees would recommend working at DRW to a friend and 76% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.
85% of DRW employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated DRW 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.3 for culture and values and 4.3 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at DRW to be culture, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be work life balance, management, career development.
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