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Updated Nov 29, 2023
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- "Poor management promote the worst people to management roles after seeing their own negative traits in them." (in 16 reviews)
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- 5.0Nov 13, 2023Anonymous EmployeeCurrent Employee
Pros
Surrounded by the smartest people in their respective fields who all push to be better and also push you to be better
Cons
Feedback can be harsh but at the same time it is usually warranted
- 2.0Nov 29, 2023TraderCurrent Employee, more than 3 years
Pros
High mid-career compensation relative to other mid-tier firms in the industry. 25 vacation days each year.
Cons
Political. There's a lot of people in upper management who obviously didn't get there through merit (just look at the number of business majors!) You'll have more success as a sycophant than as a competent trader. Coworkers are unintelligent. Seriously, ask someone here a math question. There's a 10% chance they'll be able to answer and most people here just cheated through the interviews. The company's success is more due to their willingness to take risk and the relatively few players in the space than anything else. Cutthroat environment. Traders here are unhelpful and often play weird games to make themselves look better. Disorganized. Because traders don't do anything that's not in their personal best interest, it's hard for anything collaborative to succeed from the trading side. Opaque. Optiver's transparent about how much everyone makes, but management decisions are shrouded in mystery. No one will ever give you feedback on how you're doing until your end of year review and you may be assigned to a different desk with no warning or personal input, including desks with overnight hours.
- 4.0Oct 26, 2023Compliance AnalystFormer Employee, more than 1 yearChicago, IL
Pros
Food, Culture, Dynamic, Brilliant Colleagues
Cons
Middle management, poor hiring/firing procedures, still figuring out how to scale
- 4.0Nov 10, 2023Junior Software DeveloperFormer Employee
Pros
a lot of opportunities around the firm
Cons
long hours, not others really
- 2.0Nov 15, 2023Junior TraderFormer Employee, less than 1 yearChicago, IL
Pros
Dynamic and Challenging Environment Collaborative and Innovative Culture
Cons
Highly Competitive Environment Market Volatility Impact
- 4.0Oct 1, 2023Quantatitive ResearcherCurrent EmployeeChicago, IL
Pros
Very good salary and working environment
Cons
a little bit stressful, need to work hard
- 5.0Sep 12, 2023TraderCurrent Employee
Pros
good environment， nice colleagues and nice Working experience
Cons
Sometimes getting a little bit tired during night session
- 3.0Sep 21, 2023Software EngineerFormer Employee, more than 1 yearChicago, IL
Pros
Compensated well, working with very talented people and well designed systems. Nice office, lots of perks
Cons
Wasn't a very supportive environment, didn't really need to be since they compensate so well. Autonomy highly expected, positive feedback optional. Worked average of 49 hours a week
1 - 1.0Sep 17, 2023TradingFormer Employee
Pros
Pay is above industry average
Cons
Comically political dressed as high performance in all offices, APAC being the worst but Ams/Chicago are not far behind A lot of mediocre people get to the top if they know how to play the game here Prepare to become a wage slave, the team leads and senior traders here have no life and they praise each other for the WLB that they sacrifice
4 - 5.0Aug 13, 2023Quantitative ResearcherCurrent EmployeeChicago, IL
Pros
High salary and good colleagues
Cons
No cons and no pros
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Optiver has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 539 reviews left anonymously by employees. 71% of employees would recommend working at Optiver to a friend and 76% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -10% over the last 12 months.
71% of Optiver employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Optiver 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Optiver to be career development, benefits, culture and the cons to be work life balance, management.
