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      Two Sigma

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      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

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Senior management

      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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      Reviews by job title

      393 reviews
      5.0
      Jun 10, 2018

      To me, super interesting work matching my skills

      Quantitative researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      (1) As a quant researcher, super exciting work. See the impact of your own models to bring revenue to the company, see you can predict the future by using advanced quant techniques; (2) Great work-life balance, the company understand that great idea takes time to become effective and it understands that letting researchers have their own schedules and pace is good in the long run; (3) Excellent pay with no doubt.

      Cons

      In my view, the company hires way many engineers than needed sometimes. I need to maintain the bar to be high and hire just enough and really excellent engineers, and of course treat them well. Too many so-so hires hurts the company reputation and the business.

      1.0
      May 2, 2018

      Terrible place to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pays fair at year end

      Cons

      Depending on your team, you may end up with: - highly unqualified managers who have no idea what they are doing - retaliation from management for complaints - the typical finance jerks - hazing - finance catches that limit your career outcome Lots of people are leaving after bonus season every year. The company is struggling to hire talents. Minimal upward mobility now that the company is large. The 98% retention rate is a myth.

      4.0
      Dec 23, 2014

      Solid company; a little secretive, though.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Very meritocratic company. Decision making is very pragmatic and data-driven, and its fantastic results year after year prove that their ideologies are working well for them. * Technology is held to a very high standard here. A lion's share of the core money-makers for the firm could have (or were) easily been developers at a more traditional software firm. So it follows that keeping our technology and software development practices up-to-date, yet correct, is tantamount to upper management here. * There is a *constant* overwhelming focus on self-improvement, though not so much as to subvert notable achievements and improvements. This is a "good thing" in my mind. * Many very smart people work here. Not "smart" as in "godly developer, and nothing else" smart (though there are some of those types, too); people here are generally interested in learning new things, challenging themselves to be better and picking new things up *quickly.* * The compensation is really good.

      Cons

      * The soft perks pale in comparison to similar companies (free lunch once per month vs catered meals all day, every day, small fitness centers vs large ones, limited work from home vs "here's a laptop; have fun and make money"), though their hard compensation makes up for this somewhat. * Two Sigma has their hands on a LOT of things within the financial sector. With this reach comes significant regulation. As such, security is much, much, MUCH tighter than a lot of other places. This can feel quite limiting sometimes. * Consequently, the hiring process is really, really, REALLY slow, with much of the bottleneck happening after the decision-to-hire is made. This can turn otherwise-excited candidates off. * You can, literally, work here for YEARS without knowing exactly how the company makes money. The company hasn't done the greatest job in educating its employees on what makes them successful, mostly due to their fortress-level security. * Org changes happen quite frequently.

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