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Emmanuel Roman
22 Ratings
Pros
"Lot's of smart people to work with" (in 27 reviews)
"Work-life balance is reasonable" (in 8 reviews)
Cons
"Not much work life balance as far as wfh" (in 27 reviews)
"no work life balance, understaffed" (in 9 reviews)
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"Good place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PIMCO full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
The culture is intense but cooperative. There a plenty of opportunities for top performers. The culture has become more inclusive with more of a focus on work-life integration over the last few years.
Cons
The environment can be a bit intense. There are definitely some people who lack strong interpersonal skills
PIMCO 2018-05-29 14:01 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Good company, but extremely limited growth opportunities for junior staff across the board of different departments"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at PIMCO full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
- Very strong brand name (esp. in finance and asset management)
- Nice NB headquarters
- Opportunity to work out of global offices on demand
- Pays for CFA (all levels) and other certificationsCons
Worked in one of their front-office non-portfolio departments at the most junior level
- TERRIBLE management (can't emphasize this enough) -- management is absolutely disinterested in transferring skills to junior staff as they expect their juniors to leave for b-schools within a few years or move to startups
- Very limited access to any type of client-facing work or more traditional finance work
- Very limited growth opportunities for junior staff (with the exception of CFA)--juniors are discouraged from taking on new projects or showing initiative as management prefers to micromanage all levels of juniors (analysts/associates/sr. associates)
- Very limited differentiation from analyst to associate to sr. associate-type of work (no growth of skills)
- Almost impossible to get promoted past sr. associate without an MBA (lots of sr. associates in the role for over 5 years with no promotion to VP)
- NB location--not many opportunities to network outside PIMCO or PAAMCOAdvice to Management
Please allow juniors to grow and take on more responsibility instead of stagnating their professional growth. A brand name can only go so far without having actual skills to back it up.
PIMCO 2018-06-19 09:40 PDT![PIMCO Logo]()
"Lots of opportunities, smart people"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PIMCO full-time
Pros
- Smart, hard-working people
- Great exposure to some of the greatest minds in the financial industry (internal and external)
- Lots of opportunities if you get involved in different aspects of the PIMCO communityCons
- Not necessarily a con, but you will have high expectations placed on you to deliver an excellent product
Advice to Management
Continue to focus on people who are adding
PIMCO 2018-05-07 14:05 PDT![PIMCO Logo]()
"Account Associate"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PIMCO full-time
Pros
Amazing culture that is at the forefront of thought leadership and rewards performance.
Cons
Difficult to move departments laterally
PIMCO 2018-03-24 08:57 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Great place to start"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at PIMCO full-time
Pros
-Great exposure to markets and PMs
-Given responsibility earlyCons
-Had a focus on internal politics and busy work rather than actual areas of growth
-Need an MBA to continue career advancement.Advice to Management
Provide career growth opportunities for associates without requiring them to go back to school.
PIMCO 2018-02-08 04:53 PSTHelpful (3)
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"Great Place to Have Worked"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at PIMCO full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great training, education, resume builder. You get to work with the smartest people in the world, bar none. Access to information about financial markets and geopolitics is incredible and the overall professionalism is world class. Competitive pay.
Cons
The culture can be very intense, competitive, and is even described as "Constructive Paranoia". Hours can be quite long.
PIMCO 2018-01-01 19:56 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Product Analyst"
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Pros
Good Salary and good benefits for employees
Cons
Too much office politics and hard work
PIMCO 2018-01-16 16:47 PST![PIMCO Logo]()
"Fair compensation"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at PIMCO full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great benefits and beautiful office
Cons
A lot of office politics
Advice to Management
Pay more attention to the hard workers
PIMCO 2017-12-26 16:53 PST![PIMCO Logo]()
"Senior Admin Assistant"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at PIMCO full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Competitive salary, great health benefits, competitive end of year bonus structure. Good growth potential.
Cons
Long hours, ultra conservative corporate culture, co-workers are smart but present themselves as extremely entitled.
Advice to Management
Management seems to be actively working to fix the corporate culture by allowing more flexibility in work hours, location, and breaking up the office monotony but more could be done to push that through to all areas and departments.
PIMCO 2017-12-09 09:56 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Manager"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at PIMCO full-time
Pros
very talented people and great location
Cons
too political
horrible HR department led by poor leadershipAdvice to Management
please get new leader in HR
PIMCO 2017-12-12 20:17 PST
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