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Updated 28 Feb 2021
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David Siegel and John Overdeck
81 Ratings
Pros
"Smart people with high level of intellectual curiosity as their main motivation" (in 22 reviews)
"Great work-life balance and flexible hours" (in 20 reviews)
Cons
"Growing pains injecting previously unseen layers of bureaucracy into the company" (in 11 reviews)
"Growing pains of small company rapidly growing" (in 4 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Featured Review
"Good company overall, I loved it"
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at Two Sigma full-time for less than a year
Pros
Perk, salary, good life and work balance
Cons
Not much really, great company, I loved it.
"Great place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Two Sigma full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
This is a fantastic company full of very bright and kind people
Cons
Unclear how much flexibility there will be in terms of work from home
"Large, innovative company"
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Two Sigma full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Innovation, People, Benefits, Balance, Community
Cons
Career development [need to self-direct career]
- Helpful (2)
"A top tier place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Two Sigma full-time for more than a year
Pros
- Hours are very fair especially for financial services industry - Smart and conscientious coworkers who want to help you succeed - Data science pro: quants are front and center in the business model, their work directly drives investment decisions
Cons
- Intellectual property constraints limit exposure to other smart people you could otherwise learn and grow from - Recent "gains" in diversity are small and inconsistent across divisions - Lack of structure when it comes to people management- probably works great sometimes but I have found it challenging.
Continue reading - COVID-19
"Great place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Two Sigma full-time for more than a year
Pros
Really smart and considerate people with a great culture. Been very supportive in the pandemic environment.
Cons
It's hard to interact with people outside your immediate team during the pandemic.
Continue reading "Great place to get your start"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Two Sigma full-time for more than a year
Pros
- good pay, benefits - flexible role, you can make it what you want in many ways
Cons
- a lot of turnover - few growth opportunities
"Avoid at all cost"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Two Sigma full-time
Pros
Terrible management. Racial discrimination. Cannot think of anything good to say.
Cons
Terrible discrimination, bullying and hazing.
"Lots of independence"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Two Sigma full-time for more than a year
Pros
Brilliant and humble coworkers Challenging infra problems
Cons
no free food when in person
Continue reading"Found my last company for the rest of my career"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Two Sigma full-time for more than a year
Pros
A big company feel for technology and benefits, a small company feel for personal reach and compassion
Cons
No published org chart available, hard to know what area people are in
Continue readingPros
smart and nice coworkers; supportive manager; great wlb
Cons
learning curve on some internal tools
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