Toxic. - Anonymous Employee Optiver Employee Review

1.0
19 May 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Onsite Barista -Free lunch and Breakfast -Annual trips (they are getting worse and will probably go soon) - Good bonuses but need to earn them - Open communication, and people are happy to help you learn areas you're not familiar with.

Cons

- Toxic leadership , very political. - Too many middle managers - Outdated review system that forces staff to give bad feedback to make themselves look good when calibrated against others - Worklife balance is punished, so much so that people send out scheduled meals late at night and on weekends to look like they work long hours. I'm not joking. - Company has too many middle managers putting in process after process that is slowing down progress. - Started to tighten the purse strings and have become cheap, one of their main pros was all the perks but they're slowly going away - Team leads and management are greedy. Every thought and action is aimed at their next review and promotion and what the marble value is. It's all about the $$$.

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5.0
24 Feb 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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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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