Looks like there is an ongoing PR effort to better the Glassdoor reviews contradicting the reality. Sudden influx of 5 star reviews which seem to be all similarly worded and fake. Sub-par salary compared to other competitors. There was a salary revision in 2022 but by the time it was done, the inflation balanced it out and continues to be sub-par. Bad bonus citing salary revision but management continues to take big checks. Of late there are cost cuttings on employee expenditures (even to the extent of tissue paper) while doesn't seem to affect management's travel expenditures. Company is losing its good engineers to crypto firms and competitors. Lot of nepotism in each department. Often see people with no relevant experience or education as leads and heads. At the same time there is a lot of scrutiny goes in hiring for subordinate levels. Not sure why the firm decided heads don't have to fill those check boxes. As long as you are dutch or have good connections or be spouse of traders/management, you will easily move up in hierarchy. Some people have the liberty of leaving the company on their will and come back any time in a position of their choice. A new promotion framework to ensure tech folks are continued to be underpaid. The firm mostly hires people from non-finance background but the expectation is you have to be skilled in trading to get better salary regardless of what and which team you work for. Over-worked development teams while at the same time you will see a lot of slackers. Too many program managers. And only place where program managers with no lead development/architect experience can become Engineering Managers. If there is even a single IT audit, the company would be in deep trouble for some of the policies and setups in place. Few of the MDs main focus is filling up their own pockets than having any vision for the company's future.
