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      Bridgewater Associates

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      3.7

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (593 total reviews)
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      Nir Bar Dea

      65% approve of CEO

      50% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      Bridgewater Associates has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 593 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bridgewater Associates 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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      593 reviews
      5.0
      May 27, 2017

      Chief of Staff (Leverage)

      Chief of staff (leverage)
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      Pros

      Bridgewater is an incubator for personal and professional growth. It's one of the toughest places to work in the world, but it will completely transform your talents, insights, and effectiveness. I would recommend anyone who has the opportunity to work here do so - even if it's just for six months. It's totally worth it.

      Cons

      Its strength is also its weakness: the place is super tough to work for. You'll have days where you question why you go through the rigor of working for the company. It's not for the faint of heart.

      4.0
      Apr 21, 2017

      SEALS for the mind

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Smartest people I've ever worked with (coming from HBS/ McK), and some of the most thoughtful, considerate, and "sparkly" as well.

      Cons

      At some point you realize you really aren't as smart as you (and everyone you know) thought you were, and you become aware of the reality about yourself. There is no recovery.

      4.0
      Apr 19, 2017

      Great company to work for but not for everyone.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      This was my first full-time job out of college, so I know I don't have much of a basis of comparison, but I worked there for about 5 years. I learned A LOT over my time there and is one of the reasons I'm very happy I worked there. I learned a lot about myself (strengths, weaknesses, etc.). I feel like I learned much more about business, business communications, etc. than I did as a business major in college. I was a big fan of the tight knit culture. I consider myself a shy person, but I became tight with my teammates quickly in my first job there and the third team I worked on. They have great events throughout the year for employees and they have great benefits for employees (stocked kitchens, lunch, gym, bus for NYC employees, etc.).

      Cons

      All that being said, it's definitely not the easiest place to work and not for everyone. In my five years, I saw lots of people come and go, some only after a few months working there, so there can be a good amount of turnover. Within my first year on my first team, pretty much everyone else on my team when I started (about 10 people) had cycled out and I was the most tenured person on the team and due to team manager shakeup, experienced about 4-5 different managers in that first year. Two of the teams that I worked on were pretty hectic in terms of having bad processes making things really inefficient and creating more work than needed. As some one living in NYC, the daily commute sucks as well. It's much better than it could be given there's a bus that picks up employees in the morning and drops them off in the evening, but it's about 1-1.5 hours each way and it sucks being stuck to a bus/train schedule.

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