BGC Group Software Developer reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)
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Howard W. Lutnick

99% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated BGC Group with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. BGC Group is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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23 reviews
2.0
Nov 22, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Company’s main business in inter dealer brokerage. It’s a great place to learn the entire brokerage system.

Cons

Poor healthcare insurance. Full of micro managers who keeps an eye on your desktop while you work. Bearish management style creates insecurity and untrustworthy environment. Poor software management process, expect to work long hours and “I want” instructions from managers to release code changes almost every week. Not a good place if you are looking for work life balance, working from home is highly discouraged and talked about in meetings. Poor bonus policies.

1.0
Dec 15, 2018

QA Developer

Recommend
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Pros

Being able to quit when you please.

Cons

This is a low cost shop H 1 and J 2 for the most part.

2.0
Nov 8, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Really not many. Initial decent salary. Xmas party is good.

Cons

No career progression whatsoever. You will never get a pay rise. Bonuses are bad and due the ridiculously complicated options scheme will take you 5 years to fully get just one years' allocations. Too many people in management making ill informed decisions and flicking from one idea to the next without taking stock of what is going on at the ground level. You will work on a project and then half way through be told it's being canned and to do something else instead. The support for all the legacy systems can easily take up half your time and management still expect you to deliver a full day's work all the time. Silo based teams. Also 1% pension and minimum holiday (20-22 days)

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