Quantitative Risk Management Reviews

It's a pretty flat organization, but I was still very isolated from senior management. You receive pretty much 0 information about how well the company is performing. Draconian Internet access policy. Raises and bonuses are still around, but they are not nearly as impressive as a few years ago. Requirement to fill out time cards that add up for 45 hours a week (a bit weird for a non-billable salaried position). Lots of talent has left and QRM is slow to replace, if they replace at all. Relies almost exclusively on recruiters for new talent, which greatly limits the talent pool. The review process never puts you in contact with the people who actually decide your raise/bonus. On the technical side, QRM also has some technical managers who aren't keeping up with industry best practices. Many make decisions to get things done quickly, instead of getting things done correctly. Some of the developers are also pretty mediocre. QRM feels like a company on it's way down, and senior management seems to have no desire and/or ability to change anything to stem the bleeding.

Many analysts left QRM in April 2010 weeks due to lack of career growth. Management showed signs of inability to manage a larger size organization so perhaps they were ok turning up the heat and raising the rate of attrition to get the firm down to a manageable size. QRM software is not cutting edge and is rather bloated so that problems from years ago continue to resurface. QRM also supports many versions of their software so their programmers and analysts are "stretched" trying to support software from at least 7 years ago up to the current version. Priorities and requirements are typically client-led ("we want QRM to do this") so management is constantly chasing demand in often ad hoc manners which creates lack of unity among product teams as the new "hot requirement" takes focus. Steep learning curve (6-9 months to become effective) due to multiple software versions and lack of documentation. Difficult to perform research at QRM since internet access is restricted for everyone (hope you like Wikipedia).