Pros: The pay is competitive.

Cons: - Zero focus on career development or progression - Gerontocracy - senior tech management keeps churning "experienced" and unimaginative middle managers and senior developers while giving no one an opportunity to advance from below - Technology is subordinate to business/research, given menial programming tasks and anything business does not want to do, and treated as serfs to researchers/projects while tech management does nothing - Do not expect any exposure to business or financial concepts - they do not want you to ask questions - Zero communication or cohesion or discussion of organizational objectives, deep siloes and Darwinian project/people management culture - Senior business management is a bunch of quants with zero people skills that can't communicate with other human beings on a basic level, they don't care about employees or even about making money - they are rich already and this is just a game to them

Pros: Interesting projects to work on Lunch and other benefits Nice pantry Friendly work environment One day WFH every week

Cons: The compensation is below par for the industry.

Pros: There was free food and good industry par benefits.

Cons: Dull unimaginative management, poor work culture, tech that is interesting if you're junior but quickly gets boring and is already way behind any major technology company, marginal career and growth prospects, and a nepotism that is institutionalized towards one or two schools and nationalities characterize the experience. There are companies out there paying less, but if you are ambitious, you should find a company that gives you a better career foundation elsewhere.