Relying on its name and former glories - Anonymous employee Brevan Howard Employee Review

-The ratio imbalance of self importance to actual talent in a high majority of staff was astounding. -Obvious that senior management believes it can act in a poor manner to staff on the premise that they're a big hedge fund and that's how the rest of the market behaves- it doesn't. -Penny pinching in some areas made even more laughable when outweighed vs big financial outlay elsewhere -Pathetic benefits, this would be more palatable if it was offset by notable bonuses, it's not. -A fear of volatile senior management causes inertia to permeate throughout the business. Relatively straightforward decisions would take weeks for someone to summon the courage to take the lead. -Archaic and old systems, some teams so wedded to these systems that I can't see this changing any time soon. -Saw very little evidence of care taken on employee development. Churn seemed to be at such a high level most middle managers seemed to be constantly re-arranging deckchairs. -Adherence to a 5 day office policy that seemed optional depending on how much political sway you held. This did tally nicely with a large proportion of staff's obsession with presentee-ism, however. -Toxic culture overall