Pros
They pay over market value: It's finance, so they know they have to pay handsomely. Culture: They understand what the general perception of working in finance is, so they have to take a different approach. For the most part, they've built a great culture with great values. In general, the staff here is very friendly and helpful. Upper management: Overall they're pretty smart and good at what they do. They want you to succeed. Growth: You'll learn a lot on the fly and have room to move up if you are performing well.
Cons
Hold-overs from the old culture can be TOXIC: You still have employees here from the old culture with the old-school financial industry mentality meaning that they aren't nice, are not personable, put you down, throw you under the bus, with zero empathy. Fast paced: I mean super fast paced, you might have meetings all day or maybe an hour between meetings which is not enough time to refocused. Many meetings really aren't needed and you might find that you don't have any time to work on your actual work which brings me to my next point.... Long hours: They still have a startup mentality so expect to wear many hats and do more things than you signed up for. Lots of processes are broken, lack efficiency and can result in costly errors and fines. Work/Life balance might not be achievable. You might end up working late at night or on the weekends just to keep up. Most of your ideas will be swatted away: Finance is a heavily regulated industry so expect 90% of your ideas to get rejected. If not, expect it to be refined way down from what you had in mind. Training: There is a TON of training especially when you get started and it gets overwhelming, your brain can't handle it Not picking it up fast enough? That's going to be a problem...
