Two Sigma reviews

3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(393 total reviews)
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Carter Lyons and Scott Hoffman

46% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Two Sigma has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 393 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Two Sigma 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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393 reviews
4.0
Jan 30, 2016

Great company, good pay

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Pros

The work at twosigma - esp. quant work - is a lot of fun. The culture is great - its very techie / mathy, and the people are of top caliber. The work environment is low pressure, low bureaucracy, and very open towards new ideas. Also, they try to give you the tools (and data) needed to get your job done - though not always successfully. Furthermore, being a place full of computer scientists, the emphasis is on doing things efficiently and smartly, rather than putting in donkey hours. As long as you get your work done, nobody cares about what time you came or left. For me, that is a big advantage of this place over other finance / fin-tech jobs. All in all, its like working for a great tech company at a significantly better pay.

Cons

The tech infrastructure is a bit old and rickety - although there are serious efforts to upgrade. Also, the level of secrecy (esp. on the quant side) is crazy high - and makes working here a somewhat solitary and siloed experience. There aren't many outside-work team activities / events either - you come, you work, you go home. And while the pay is great by tech standards, it's not classical trader / hedge-fund level money - until to you get into the top management. The bonus is unfortunately not an appreciable percentage of the alpha you generate. Also, the on-site perks / facilities are very meh - when compared to tech companies and when considering that it is a really successful hedge-fund.

5.0
Jan 23, 2016

Great Company to work for

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Pros

Extremely high calibre engineering talent, great work culture, less bureaucracy. Continuous learning, free laundry, great bonuses(depends on your job and performance) and kitchen stocked with really healthy food and drinks, free friday bagels and once a month free lunch

Cons

Bad 401k, no free lunch/dinner, Gym has limited equipments with no steam sauna

5.0
Dec 28, 2015

Great place to work!

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Pros

By far some of the smartest people I've ever worked with. The culture of Two Sigma really promotes collaboration, and respect in the workplace is highly emphasized.

Cons

Teams are incredibly lean and depending on department, understaffed. This creates a heavy support burden at times. Certain departments also carry a scary amount of technical debt.

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