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Bridgewater Associates

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Bridgewater Associates reviews

3.7

58% would recommend to a friend

(594 total reviews)
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Nir Bar Dea

65% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Bridgewater Associates has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 594 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bridgewater Associates employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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594 reviews
2.0
Jun 11, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The pay was very good, although you have to play a lot of mental head games to survive there. If you can afford to be unemployed for a while take it for the money while you can.

Cons

Doublespeak is necessary to survive. They speak about truth and honesty, but the ones that know how to manipulate the principles are the ones who survive the longest. There can be camaraderie there, but trust no one. Regarding the famed question: Advice to Management: What is there to say? The culture won't change although the company is too big for the principles as espoused by the owner, Ray Dahlio, to work effectively. Even those who were once on his favored list have left. The thing is, regardless of what the naysayers

1.0
Jun 6, 2014

Horrible working environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay very well and has excellent benefits

Cons

Focus on owner principles turn the company into the most inefficient and unproductive place i ever worked

2.0
Jun 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

-perks such as free food, free gym, fun parties and events -brilliant and fun people

Cons

-hypocritical and ineffective upper management -nearly impossible to advance unless you give up personal life -principle based work takes up 5-10 hrs a week plus your real job -people are forced ranked against each other -not every department is as well managed as others -poor technology, manual processes -slow progress on both basic and complex tasks -exhaustingly bureaucratic -inconsistent application of principles

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