Pros
Excellent perks and events throughout. Yearly company trips, bar available with free drinks every day and access to gym with trainers. The bar means you can become great friends with a few colleagues as it’s often used as an after work place to unwind, creates a good sense of friendship with your colleagues. You will learn a lot in this environment, both about the financial world and your job.
Cons
Middle management are completely unaware of who is doing what in their teams. Hardly ever have contact with individuals yet it seems that they are the ones you should personally please to get further in the company. Absolutely no type of communication skills or leadership from the people they have picked to be team leaders. No positive feedback or motivation. There’s a definite sense that even though they want to advertise as a tech company, development are definitely second class citizens and expendable. This shows when it comes to the black box of bonus distributions. They want juniors and graduates but they don’t really want juniors and graduates.. Management loves the “idea”, but there’s no commitment to what that means they should do or provide on their end. No transparency whatsoever when it comes to bonus distribution and this is where it becomes clear you should only worry about becoming “bros” with your manager. Lack of diversity! If you’re a loud Dutch male, you’ll probably be just fine.