Weird culture - Trader Optiver Employee Review

3.0
Jul 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pros - amazing technology and systems - smart people - fast learning curve - nice salary and benefits - it is possible to switch from one desk to another - people are not secretive and are very willing to teach you about their business and what they do even if it's not directly related to what you do - culture is quite direct and compared to other companies there is not that much of office politics - social events are often organised and usually very nicely managed

Cons

- they want you to be always on your tip toes, lot of unnecessary pressure - most people have never worked outside of the company, so they don't realise they wouldn't perform without the amazing systems and support teams behind them and tend to have a very high opinion of themselves - very low base salary (compensated by high bonuses)

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Cons

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Pros

you get some experience in the industry

Cons

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