PIMCO reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(896 total reviews)
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Emmanuel Roman

80% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

PIMCO has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 896 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PIMCO 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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896 reviews
2.0
Dec 19, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Was a Growing company with good future. Compensation is not great but above average. Good location in Newport Beach, CA.

Cons

The IT department doesn't run professionally. So, your growth manly depends on how you present to your superiors. As, most of the salary comes from Year End Bonus, everything depends on your image with superiors. There will be no reviews and nobody will care for peers. So, you should be prepared to handle very mediocre people rising very fast and dominating smart people. Those who do good work, will tend to get more work. Those will have very poor work life balance. At the same time, more that 50% people will be enjoying relaxed life like a retiree! Technology is not getting modernized. You will work with ancient structure of one machine, one server , one database and shell scripts. Evaluate after Bill Gross's unceremonious exit!

1.0
Dec 13, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Salary Annual Bonuses Annual Raises Beautiful Building and Amenities With these items they tempt you in and make you think no other company will provide you with the same.

Cons

Elitist work environment. You are only as good as your title and get reminded of it every day. Client only comes first if they have the most invested with the company. There is no hope for any form of advancement unless you leave the company first to show your worth elsewhere. Management has ZERO backbone so there is no real structure I can go on for days, but why waste your time?

5.0
Dec 13, 2014

Great place to work at

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Steep learning curve: working with bright people who are keen to get you up to speed. Challenging enviornment: always expected to perform, which I believe is a positive. Flat structure: everyone is accessible. Great work/life balance, at least in Europe Great opportunities afterwards.

Cons

Associates hardly ever become PMs, AMs. They are mostly stuck in their associates role until they decide to move somewhere else or do an MBA. Too much discrepancy in compensation between people at the top and the rest.

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