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Bridgewater Associates

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Not for everyone, not good place for advancement - Administrative Assistant Bridgewater Associates Employee Review

2.0
3 Jun 2014
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Pros

-perks such as free food, free gym, fun parties and events -brilliant and fun people

Cons

-hypocritical and ineffective upper management -nearly impossible to advance unless you give up personal life -principle based work takes up 5-10 hrs a week plus your real job -people are forced ranked against each other -not every department is as well managed as others -poor technology, manual processes -slow progress on both basic and complex tasks -exhaustingly bureaucratic -inconsistent application of principles

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Cons

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Cons

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