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      Bridgewater Associates

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      Bridgewater Associates reviews

      3.7

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (593 total reviews)
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      Nir Bar Dea

      66% 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
      2.0
      Jan 17, 2017

      Bridgewater

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits, easy to get promoted internally if you work hard, insurance fully paid for

      Cons

      feels like a cult, brutal hours, extremely anxiety providing work environment

      3.0
      Jan 3, 2017

      Tough to navigate

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The culture is not as crazy as it sounds, if it's for you. Once you settle in to being open minded the benefits are actually pretty great. Overall good company perks. Work hard play hard. They take care of you.

      Cons

      Advancement is hard to come by. It takes a long time to be considered good at anything.

      2.0
      Dec 22, 2016

      Crushingly bureaucratic

      Analyst, research department
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      From top to bottom, the employees are really capable. I felt intellectually challenged by peers, even if the immediate work wasn't interesting. Non-investment roles are very well paid. Probably a 20-50% premium compared to similar Fortune 500 roles. Investment roles compare unfavorably to hedge fund peers, but it's hard to make a direct comparison because the work is substantially different.

      Cons

      1. People management is absurdly bad. Employees at all levels of the organization spend 7-10 hours a week with "culture" work with little relevance to the role. A subset of employees are adept at using the Principles to aggressively further their career/agenda. I was too naive to understand this and was one of those thrown under the bus after 3 years. 2. The technology is horribly outdated. The majority of analytical work is still done on Excel. Culture management is done with manual forms in Sharepoint and on the Ipad. 3. Bridgewater has an edge in the market, but you likely won't be "in the circle". Of the 1400 employees, I estimate that less than 50 have high level involvement with the investment structure, decision making, and trading. The business is so profitable that there's incredible levels of waste hiring hundreds of people with minimal contribution to the overall organization.

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