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      Calamos Investments Reviews

      4.1

      85% would recommend to a friend

      (117 total reviews)
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      John Koudounis

      84% approve of CEO

      83% positive business outlook

      Calamos Investments has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 117 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Calamos Investments employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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      117 reviews
      1.0
      27 Feb 2016

      Manager

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Free lunch and covered parking. Easy commute.

      Cons

      Management there loves their yes men and I mean it when I say men. Don't expect any respect or credit for your work if you are female, unless you complement the men and stroke their egos. Too many people are kept in senior roles because of their ability to talk themselves up and suck up to management. The real workers who are getting things done get no credit. Its all about putting on a good show here. Performance and AUM have been on a downhill slide for years because of this approach.

      2.0
      3 Nov 2015

      Company in Turmoil

      Wholesaler
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great facility, free lunch and snacks, nice people, good work/life balance. Employees are very friendly and want to be helpful to new employees when they are hired.

      Cons

      Company feels unstable. Morale is low. Turnover has gone through the roof over the past few months - CIO, chief risk officer, chief compliance officer, head of human resources all gone. Also several senior analysts on the investment team have left. Company recently lost its largest institutional client and put on hold by largest retail client due to high turnover.

      1.0
      24 Sept 2015

      Investment Team Turnover

      Analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      I was an analyst on the investment team. There are many smart people there who worked hard who want to improve investment performance. Most of the new analysts are leaving or are looking for new jobs.

      Cons

      For years the company has had negative investment performance and sales outflows. The CIO just left who was hired to turn around performance and was replaced by four portfolio managers who are called Co-CIOs which is a joke. Most of the senior analysts and the chief risk officer brought in by the CIO have left or are looking for jobs. The company is going back to the old model of using the CEO's top down macro outlook and their basic quantitative tools and which doesn't need analyst inputs. There is no investment culture and many analysts spend their time looking for jobs rather than analyzing companies.

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