Two Sigma Reviews

Pros

Impactful technical work. Good pay. Nice offices.

Cons

Security and secrecy are higher than a lot of companies, though probably about average for systematic trading firms.

Pros

Solid professional development and collaboration

Cons

Long hours and little work life balance

Pros

Employees are treated extremely well. Health insurance is top notch. Company events are extremely well thought out and organized. External learning and development are heavily encouraged and reimbursed.

Cons

Lack of culture (which is common for a large company). Socializing does not happen organically. Most people put in their 9-5 and go home. Difficult to grow. Bureaucratic promotion process. Divisions are heavily siloed, so much that teams that work with each other on a recurring basis don’t even know the full scope of each other’s responsibilities.

Pros

- More Silicon Valley than Wall Street - Very collaborative environment and the people are great - Treat employees very well

Cons

- Need to do a better job at leadership development in engineering - Getting a little bloated and less efficient - Maybe losing its competitive edge

Pros

* great people * good tech-first culture

Cons

increasingly bureaucratic as it scales up

Pros

Work is very interesting! And the culture is much better than other places I've worked at.

Cons

This is true for almost all quant finance jobs -- people usually don't share details of their work.

Pros

Good work to life ratio Good perks

Cons

Too competitive Many times you won’t be able to work

Pros

Good wlb People are friendly Compensations seems fair

Cons

Growing pains lead to bad software stack in many cases Compensation not as competitive as other firms in the industry if not adjusting for wlb

Pros

Smart people, relatively decent compensation (even if not top), good place to start and learn, then move on.

Cons

Strange policies regarding sharing of information among groups. Successful groups' IP is leaked to others, creating awkward situations, management is sometimes too disengaged.

Pros

Comp and work/life balance are good.

Cons

depends on the team you are in, it can have a lot of office politics. The research side of the house is so secretive, a good way to survive is to keep your mouth shut.