Fantastic Opportunity for Growth (Cubist) - Data Scientist Point72 Employee Review

5.0
6 Aug 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Regarding the job itself: Exposure to hundreds of interesting and unique data sets. Opportunity to work with state of the art hardware and technology. Projects and day-to-day work are challenging, but rewarding. Huge opportunity to learn here. Regarding the work environment: Flat structure - opportunity to work directly with senior industry professionals (including PMs). Management is quite open to new ideas and is generally willing to give people opportunity to work on projects of their choice. Very nice work environment. Majority of employees (including management) are approachable and friendly. Compensation is competitive and bonus is performance based. Lots of perks - excellent insurance, large number of vacation days, lots of team dinners/lunches and firm events. Multi-cultural team - work with people from all around the globe.

Cons

Long hours and occasional weekend work required Support rotation once every week or so which can be stressful

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5.0
30 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Just joined recently. A ton of resources at the firm, its been good so far

Cons

I came from a competitor firm. Not actually a con to me but I noticed worse employee perks e.g. no dinner provided on Uber etc

5.0
27 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Excellect company culture, beautiful offices, very good compensation and benefits, amazing opportunities for professional development

Cons

Very fast paced and innovative with high expectations, if you aren't a fast learner and highly adaptive you won't last here. It's a hedge fund so be prepared for some serious egos, but generally speaking the people are quite nice. They don't have a CFO, so it sometimes feels like central coordination/strategy is lacking to the back office finance function.

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