Point72 reviews

4.0

62% would recommend to a friend

(525 total reviews)

Steven A. Cohen

81% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Point72 has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 525 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Point72 employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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525 reviews
5.0
Feb 18, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Excellent work environment designed to bring the best out of an individual - Frequent research presentations by Academicians, brokers and vendors about new ideas, new technologies and new data - Vast resources in terms of datasets, operations and infrastructure help is available which is critical for the success of a quant manager - Top management is very accessible and working hard to make you succeed by having one to one meetings, providing new ideas and helping you get over any kind of hurdle - HR and support staff at Cubist is the best and most helpful you can find anywhere - Most of the people have been around for a long time at the fund and you get a feel of being at home and not at work

Cons

- Very competitive as you are always competing against the best in the industry, so you get very little time to learn any new skill at work

4.0
Feb 14, 2016

Associate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent people to work with. Good medical and insurance plan. The office is excellent with lot of drinks in pantry

Cons

Too cold in trading floor. High pressutr

1.0
Feb 8, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Generous 401K, kind management access to a lot of data sets, access to professional lectures.

Cons

The interaction between PM and his team is not standard. Teams are organized along racial and linguistic lines, which is not a problem if you are in the right team. Very little opportunity to grow if you are working for a PM. The PM has no incentive to let you grow and become an independent PM. The teams are silod and there are a lot of secrets even between the team members. This use to be a great place, but recent years saw a rapid hiring which broke down the structure.

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Point72 Response
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Thank you for writing a review of your experience at Cubist. We’re disappointed that you believe your experience fell short of our Mission and Values, but I’m also surprised. Cubist employees hail from more than 20 countries and speak many languages. It’s common to hear French, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish and Greek – as well as English – at Cubist, and often in the same team. Our teams are organized by their Portfolio Managers (PMs) and the only criteria they care about is the talent of new team members, nothing else. You note the interactions “between PM and his team is not standard,” to which I respond, of course they aren’t: our very diversity of employees not only reflects national origins and languages, but management styles, too. We think diversity is a strength and hope you do too, but I can point out two things that are universal across every team, and the whole Firm. First, our Mission is “To be the industry’s premier asset management firm through delivering superior risk-adjusted returns, adhering to the highest ethical standards and offering the greatest opportunities to the industry’s brightest talent,” and we measure ourselves against it every day. Second, as part of that Mission, we seek to nurture our talent and we have a carefully defined career path at Point72. At Point72, 70% of our PMs started as Analysts. At Cubist, a handful have. We regret this turned out to not be the place for you, but given the low turnover rate at Point72 – our PMs are here on average twice as long as the industry average, even longer in Cubist – we think we’re on to something good at Cubist and Point72.
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