Optiver reviews

3.8

62% would recommend to a friend

(575 total reviews)

62% positive business outlook

Optiver has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 575 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Optiver employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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575 reviews
1.0
Nov 5, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is good, although not market-leading, and can become really incredible if you somehow succeed here You will learn a lot and get real trading experience sooner than at most firms

Cons

Prepare to be shouted at, sworn at and see a constant stream of talented colleages let go because they didn't buy into the cult. Working here is a race to become an overpaid manager before anybody exposes that you actually aren't that good at the job itself. Feedback is opaque and often witheld or not put in writing to protect the giver. If you're senior or well-liked you can get away with behavior that would be unacceptable anywhere else; if not then tread very carefully. Everybody's goal is simply to make enough money to retire and get the hell out before their mental health is irreversibly damaged.

1.0
Dec 3, 2023

Review for Optiver

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It pays above the average of market

Cons

Long working hours and toxic culture

1.0
Aug 10, 2023

Awful company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good canteen. Decent benefits. Good work location.

Cons

Awful, toxic culture. Incompetent management Most employees never worked outside of the company and are very opiniated and think its the best company ever. HR is no help. Dismissing a lot of employees. Employees dissappear all the time. There's no work life balance. No employee wellbeing at all. Dank culture of pressuring employees, overperforming , work overlord, stress, etcetera. No sense of beloning.

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