Trying to create great culture - Anonymous employee PEAK6 Employee Review

3.0
Feb 10, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

General employee population is made up of great people. There is a lot of effort around creating a great culture - you have to feel good about a company that cares so much about trying to create a great place to work everyday. You feel challenged on a day to day basis. By nature of the business and the way we run so lean, each and every person carries a lot of responsibility.

Cons

It's unfortunate that in a company of less than 200 people, there are people who don't know each other. Perks are really nice, but perks don't create culture. Creating a great culture has to start with the Leadership. While you may feel challenged on a day to day basis, don't come to PEAK6 if you need to hear "good job" or get a pat on the back - this is not the place for that.

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PEAK6 Response
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Thank you for the feedback. You hit on a lot of interesting facets of PEAK6. I’m glad to hear that you feel challenged and that it’s clear we want PEAK6 to have a great culture and be an amazing place to work I’m also interested to hear your thoughts that a couple of other people have touched on around how we should do more to create opportunities for people to get to know one another. We have done some work here across teams, but haven’t really focused on leaders getting to know everyone across the firm in the way you outline. As the firm grows and we expand efforts into multiple areas, we need to think through the best way to do this. Certainly for leaders in Capman, who are focused on the trading business, they need to be connected with the broader team. I will take this back to the team to think about ways to promote more interaction here. Thanks again for the feedback. Thanks, Brad

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