Hyper-performance culture with limited growth - Accountant Optiver Employee Review

3.0
24 Jan 2023
Recommend
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Pros

You work with some smart people and hierarchical structure is somewhat flat so easy access to top management. Really great benefits with daily breakfast and hot lunches. Company is big on promoting social interactions

Cons

Continuous and consistent high performance is expected and can leave you burnt out. Simply doing your job is not enough. Longer working hours than other finance jobs. Strategy is continuously changing with limited to no room for career development.

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5.0
24 Feb 2026
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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
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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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