Pros
Nice office on Baker Street Challenging and interesting work in the trading floor High profile organisation
Cons
Lots of politics, negativity, no collaboration as culture is every man for himself. Treated as a commodity and no career advancement unless you’re one of the favoured few noticed by the CIOs. They put people and teams purposely in conflict to see who comes out on top. As a result, there is a lot of backstabbing. Even if management like you, if they’re an MD they are tied to the profits of the business so will never rock the boat as it might impact their share in the distribution of the bonus. While I met some great people while working there, generally the trading floor is a very unfriendly place, no one speaks to each other, everyone is competing and backstabbing to get their next promotion or bonus. No management whatsoever of people.