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      Toxic culture built on fear: great benefits - Anonymous employee Optiver Employee Review

      2.0
      Feb 12, 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Benefits are amazing, great 401(k) match, fully funded insurance, 25 vacation days a year, annual bonus. Breakfast and lunch provided.

      Cons

      Culture is extremely toxic, especially within IT. Long-time employees fired without warning regularly. CTO gave a speech about how fear should be the main motivator for our jobs, and that keeping our jobs was the reward for good work. Regularly heard others engaging in racist and sexist language during the workday. This was ignored because the individuals were partners within the business. Little to no career advancement opportunity.

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      5.0
      Feb 24, 2026
      Software engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      worked on a lot of different areas of the trading stack; often close with researchers learned about technical components for data driven trading saw my impact day to day

      Cons

      constant office renovations were a bit distracting, but was told it should be done in 2026

      3.0
      May 21, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good compensation, collaborative environment. Company also seems to aim to be at forefront of new tech such as AI

      Cons

      When HR mgmt is on record stating things like the company shouldn’t hire females anymore, it really makes you wonder how they make decisions on who should fill management positions

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