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    Jump Trading Reviews

    Updated April 9, 2018
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    Pros

    • Great environment, smart people, good benefits (in 9 reviews)

    • The working environment is nice, and I always feel energetic when I was working in the firm (in 7 reviews)

    Cons

    • disconnected among teams, collaboration needs improvement (in 2 reviews)

    • Happy hours and the office common areas would be nearly empty (in 2 reviews)

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    1. Helpful (5)

      "Heavily invests into employees like there *is* tomorrow"

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      Current Employee - Working for One of the Trading Teams in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Working for One of the Trading Teams in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Jump Trading full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Jump invests in it's employees as if we all are going to stay with the company for decades. Which is what many of us plan to do, as long as one's trading team stays profitable.

      Examples speak better than words:
       1. Almost any data set is available internally, and catered lunches and a lot of company-arranged events make it so that different trading teams know each other and talk and cross-pollinate data, ideas and even technical tricks (the latter is very different from most Jump's competitors where different trading teams are secretive and don't share),
       2. Jump pays for all sorts of internal trainings (I took Advanced Python and one of big data classes, planning to take FPGA class next)
       3. I saw two teams dissolved for bad performance this year, however almost all of the former employees of those teams... ended up joining other more successful trading groups within the firm, internally

      Cons

      Structure is very flat, which could be viewed as a disadvantage. For example, if your idea of career growth is to have important-sounding job titles and promotions every other year... that's not going to happen! Instead, as you grow within the company you'll get to mentor junior colleagues and/or play with increasingly more sophisticated technical "toys".

    2. "Great Company, but downsizing.."

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      Former Employee - Director in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Director in Chicago, IL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Jump Trading full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Treated employee very well and compensation was outstanding

      Cons

      When they were done with you they tossed you out. The competitive nature of the industry means they will quickly discard you if they want to move in a different direction.

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    3. "positive overall experience"

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      Current Employee - Trader Trainee in Chicago, IL
      Current Employee - Trader Trainee in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Jump Trading (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great environment, smart people, good benefits

      Cons

      career mobility paths not always clear

    4. "Senior trader"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Jump Trading full-time

      Pros

      Leading edge tech. No ego owners.

      Cons

      Challenging to have skills growth

    5. "Trade Operations"

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      Former Employee - Trader in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Trader in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Jump Trading full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Well run competitive team atmosphere.

      Cons

      Because of competitiveness, camaraderie suffers.

      Advice to Management

      Company wide networking events.

    6. "good"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Jump Trading full-time

      Pros

      benefits, time, bonus, training, lunch

      Cons

      work hours life balance no

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Good Experience"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Jump Trading full-time

      Pros

      Compensation good, casual environment, access to excellent tech, brilliant coworkers

      Cons

      Lots of org reshuffling, teams are very siloed, little opportunity to move within the org, somewhat bloated headcount-wise, lots of fires

    8. "Excellent"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      everything about the company was absolutely wonderful. top of the line technology and they spared no expense to keep employees happy.

      Cons

      nothing was bad about the company. the usual barriers between groups within as any other organization.

      Advice to Management

      Excellent work.

    9. Helpful (6)

      "Cool hybrid of tech company / finance company"

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      Current Employee - Software Engineer in Chicago, IL
      Current Employee - Software Engineer in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Jump Trading full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      - Compensation and benefits are excellent
      - Tech side of things feels like a tech company
      - Attending conferences / training is encouraged
      - Friday lunches catered, and an onsite barista at Chicago office!

      Cons

      - Office lacks common areas, and so there's an eat-lunch-at-desk culture that seems hard to change
      - There's a lack of good gyms or cafes in the area around 600 W Chicago

      Advice to Management

      I've worked here over a year and have never met the owners Billy and Paul! It would be nice if they could be encouraged to give a presentation or something occasionally.

    10. Helpful (16)

      "It's not what you know, it's who you know."

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      Former Employee - Project Manager in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Project Manager in Chicago, IL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Jump Trading full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great place to start and make lots of money.

      Cons

      No future... This organization only serves a very small group of people in the long run. Nepotism and favoritism runs this organization despite their false claims to be a meritocracy. If you are looking for a stable place to work with the long term goal of adding value to an organization that serves your community, this is not it.

      Advice to Management

      Focus on treating all of your employees with respect and dignity.

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