Pros
- The firm's brand commands tremendous respect amongst competitors, brokers,exchanges and regulators. High standards in business conduct globally and always looks to set a higher bar. - When mistakes happen, culture is less of blaming and more of a "lets understand what happened and make sure it doesn't happen again". - Big spenders on technology investments - Quantitative powerhouse in Futures - Excellent pay - Good regular communication from leadership to the entire global organization about what's happening - Incredible investment in college recruiting and training programs. - Hyper competitive drive to be #1 in the HFT industry.
Cons
- Has grown so much that making an impact is difficult. With the pie not growing as much, everyone's fighting for a larger piece of the pie, driving a political culture. - Weak in Equity Options and Equities (compared to Futures) - Questionable performance review methodologies. - So much back office "fat". Too many random roles and too little accountability. - Zero diversity in management.