Does Sun Trading pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sun Trading employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sun Trading. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sun Trading?

49% of Sun Trading employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Sun Trading 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Sun Trading?

Software Developer (4) , Trader (3) , Anonymous (2) , Quantitative Trader (2) , Systems Administrator (2) , Trading (2)

What are the pros of working at Sun Trading according to real employee reviews?

"Most people are smart" ((in 6 reviews)); "Good culture" ((in 4 reviews)); "It used to be that the company was focused on supporting traders who were newly hired with good developers and good technology." ((in 3 reviews)); "Good benefits" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Sun Trading according to real employee reviews?

"Expect to be lied to about many things and make sure you get a paper trail of any expectations, requirements, details, when dealing with said IT management." ((in 4 reviews)); "9. Leadership is completely clueless and not accountable" ((in 3 reviews)); "Very high turnover rate explained away by the CEO as norm in the industry." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Sun Trading redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Sun Trading redundancy and their outlook for job security at Sun Trading in 2026.

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Sun Trading

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Sun Trading Reviews

3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

(55 total reviews)

Kevin Cuttica

42% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.0

Culture and values

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

1.0

Diversity and inclusion

Sun Trading has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 55 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sun Trading employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

55 reviews

5.0

12 Jul 2025

Working at Company

Electrical engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good Staff and Manager. Good Projects to learn about industry.

Cons

Good Projects but less money

1.0

27 Feb 2016

Might as well change the name to Stunk Trading or even Sunk trading

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

There aren't very many good things left at this place. Maybe the discounted lunch program is the best thing about this place.

Cons

So many to list - incompetent leadership - ancient technology - dictatorial environment - no teamwork - bad compensation - no loyalty

3.0

11 May 2016

IP Vampires

Quantitative trader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

You get to learn a bit about a large, tightly-controlled server farm environment (if you're into technology). As a trader I would say the best thing is that they have lots of data to analyze and exchanges to trade. But on the other hand, they make every effort to try to get you to use their IT staff to "help you" code your strategy, which means you are leaking ideas to them (see below).

Cons

The main issue is with their business model: 1. It is ironic that they are called "Sun Trading" because they are Intellectual property vampires, sucking your trading ideas out of you and copying them for themselves. Their codebase is littered with other traders' ideas. Where are those traders now? Fired. 2. I have seen the same thing happen with technologists. They take any and all suggestions you might have (well of course they do!) and give out zero credit. Keep your best ideas to yourself. Don't give them those ideas thinking it will get you that big bonus or prevent you from being let go. You have been warned. Their entire business model revolves around this theme. They have bought entire trading desks just to bring in the IP, and then whatever happened to those people? Gone. Look it up, this is all verifiable fact. They even did it with some upper management (no names, but google who their previous CEO was).

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