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Fun Team, Bad Manager

Integration Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at IMC Trading for less than 1 year
November 21, 2010
Chicago, Illinois
3.0
Pros

Most people working here are fun to be around and make the workplace enjoyable.

The quality of work, for the most part, is not bad.

Some managers are great and fair (unfortunately, this does not apply to mine).

Overall, the company is trying to make this a fun and interesting place to work, and it has come a long way.

Cons

A few people could need to be axed, but they continue to be employed here.

The managers are not all of the same caliber, and some just cannot communicate.

The ones I deal with are just bad and need to be replaced.

A Dutch versus the rest culture, where the Dutch are given seniority, priority, and management decision-making over others.

Advice to Management

Promote the best person for the job, not someone who belongs to your culture.

Spend more time hiring the right people and make sure those that do not fit the culture are removed.

Train managers on how to manage, communicate, and lead.

There is one group here that has a hard time hiring. Understand why (the real why, not what you tend to believe or what you are told).

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