Pros: Interesting problems to solve and smart people to work with. WLB is pretty good.

Cons: The company is not making money. The bonus pool is a tiny percentage of revenue. Chaotic leadership.

Pros: Generally good work-life balance. Smart people to work with. Somewhat interesting work.

Cons: Below-average pay in industry. Mediocre management.

Pros: My turn is soon over here. I had a few good years, the right place at the right time, with a decent kitchen.

Cons: 2018 was a record year, bonuses were almost flat, so management could pay themselves higher. 2019 was chaos. Profits were down dramatically. Greedy mismanagement, no clear direction. The entire firm is just a copy + paste of Optiver strategies, which can only take you so far. No new ideas, just iterating on the late 2000s. The CEO spent half the year distracted by a fumbled deal, then fired the CTO and caused an exodus of senior developers (after some of the best senior traders and quants already left). Management is generally absent. Across the board, there's a low understanding of modern technology. Probably not a single person in trader management could explain how to write a basic script, yet they try to call the shots for tech directions! Read positive reviews on Glassdoor with salt – many have the very obvious stink of HR flavors.