Pros: - Free breakfast and lunch. - Work on real and interesting projects. - Worked with some of the smartest people I've met. - Accommodation in the city provided.

Cons: Most projects don't work well with the Scrum framework, which I enjoy.

Pros: Compensation is very good. If you can handle the stress and toxic culture, career growth can be good, and there is a lot to learn. Surface-level benefits, such as free food and merchandise, are good.

Cons: - Extremely stressful work culture. - Evaluated based on how your "project" goes, not how all of your other work goes. - Can get put on a PIP/fired quite easily. - Thrown into the deep end as a graduate and will get cut if you don't do well in your first project.

Pros: There are some really nice and smart people. Work can be interesting. Having a barista on-site is quite nice.

Cons: Shame those nice people are not in a position to make change. Optiver used to be a nice place to work. Then management and HR decided that people could be more productive if they were told that everything they do can be better or done faster. A toxic culture of blame. People become withdrawn due to the excessive load and expectations. Some teams are worse than others. If someone decides a person should go, they will be bullied out of the company using a performance improvement program. If you are going through hiring, make sure to ask for a proper base salary, since your bonus depends on your rating, and that is at the mercy of management.