PEAK6 reviews

3.1

36% would recommend to a friend

(232 total reviews)
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Jenny Just & Matthew Hulsizer

56% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

PEAK6 has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 232 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PEAK6 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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232 reviews
4.0
Jan 29, 2016

peak6 review

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

good atmosphere, professional, not a lot of BS, very fair.

Cons

technology bottlenecks, bringing ideas that you think can help the firm but require any technological effort are not appreciated or ignored.

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PEAK6 Response
10y
Thanks for sharing. Glad to hear that you think it’s a good working environment. However, I’m sorry to hear that you feel like your ideas are ignored. Our goal is definitely to create an environment where everyone can contribute to our efforts and the business. We know we still have some work to do here. We’d really value your insights & we do definitely want to hear your ideas. I would like to ask you to reach out to me directly to talk more about your feedback and share any ideas you have on how we can be doing this better. Thanks again for your feedback. Thanks for sharing. Glad to hear that you think it’s a good working environment. However, I’m sorry to hear that you feel like your ideas are ignored. As discussed more recently in our monthly company all hands meetings we make a conscious decision to not work on every tech idea we have. We want to run lean and efficient and that requires prioritizing where we spend our resources. So although our goal is to create an environment where everyone can contribute ideas in reality only the cream of the crop often make it to development. We’d really value your insights & we do definitely want to hear your ideas and most importantly how they could add value over the longer term. Given this information perhaps we will work on your ideas next. In addition we would love to hear any feedback on how we can our prioritization process more transparent. Thanks again for your comments. Kris
2.0
Aug 11, 2014

All about the Appearances

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Free soda and snacks - Great company parties

Cons

- IT Managers were completely clueless. I didn't get the impression they had a great grasp on how the business worked. Even worse what the competition is doing.

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PEAK6 Response
11y
Thanks for your feedback. I am not clear if you were in a technology or trading role, so it's hard to comment on the specifics of your feedback.
2.0
Jan 1, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

With regards to the retail arm only, pretty much the only reason to work there is the possibility of above-average compensation and the possibility to take part in the trading/capital management arm's great financial success.

Cons

A tendency to hire programmers, who while sharp, are too easily lead, have very little opinions of their own, and have poor communications skills. This makes for sloppy, sloppy management and "progress" actually feels like trudging most of the time.

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