Money Prison - Trader Optiver Employee Review

3.0
29 Dec 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of perks; food, gym memberships etc. Ultimately, this doesn't amount to anything that would want to make you stay though. Get paid a lot more as a trader then your other graduate friends. Will teach you everything you need to know about financial markets. Other companies will want to hire you after you've worked here.

Cons

Egotistical and toxic management environment. Management out of touch with the core of the company. Non-supportive, Negative and Hyper-critical environment for non management traders/developers. Lots of unnecessary implied pressure. Lack of Direction/Vision Lack of Innovation. Forced negative feedback. Too many jaded egos for the company to move forward .

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5.0
24 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

worked on a lot of different areas of the trading stack; often close with researchers learned about technical components for data driven trading saw my impact day to day

Cons

constant office renovations were a bit distracting, but was told it should be done in 2026

3.0
21 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good compensation, collaborative environment. Company also seems to aim to be at forefront of new tech such as AI

Cons

When HR mgmt is on record stating things like the company shouldn’t hire females anymore, it really makes you wonder how they make decisions on who should fill management positions

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