Weird culture - Trader Optiver Employee Review

3.0
14 July 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pros - amazing technology and systems - smart people - fast learning curve - nice salary and benefits - it is possible to switch from one desk to another - people are not secretive and are very willing to teach you about their business and what they do even if it's not directly related to what you do - culture is quite direct and compared to other companies there is not that much of office politics - social events are often organised and usually very nicely managed

Cons

- they want you to be always on your tip toes, lot of unnecessary pressure - most people have never worked outside of the company, so they don't realise they wouldn't perform without the amazing systems and support teams behind them and tend to have a very high opinion of themselves - very low base salary (compensated by high bonuses)

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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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