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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

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
Jul 15, 2016

Want to join a cult?

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Pros

Lots of very intelligent people, some genuinely helpful people (before they inevitably get fired). Great over-market pay. Probably the best place in the world to learn how to think conceptually and learn to question everything, ad nauseam. After you quit (or get fired), there is a great support network of ex-BW folks who will commiserate with you on the lunacy of the place for years afterwards. Instant conversation starter: walk into a room, tell people you worked with BW, watch the looks on their faces and enjoy their rapt attention as you tell them stories that would not be out of place in a best-selling fiction novel.

Cons

The people, the people, the people. After about 5 years, they successfully manage to fire anyone who has even the slightest reservation about building a career based on the body count of co-workers. Cult-like culture - slavish "principle" zombies run amok, creating "baseball" cards and feasting on the energy of anyone with the audacity to actually try and get anything done. There are about 10 people in the company who can actually get anything done, everything else exists only to turn the crank on routine things (at 10x the cost it would take anywhere else).

5.0
Jul 12, 2016
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Pros

I couldn't imagine passing up an opportunity to work at the core of this company. If you are top talent you should consider it.

Cons

If you aren't close to the leadership it might not make sense or you may be poorly managed. Trains your mind to seek weaknesses and flaws vs. nurture strengths in people. Struggle to culturally adjust outside of BW at other companies if you dive in deeply.

3.0
Jul 10, 2016

BW

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Pros

Really determined, passionate people--you meet wonderful people that truly become your friends

Cons

Much more bureaucratic than it seems Company losing money and a lot of pressure coming from management to sort out the bad Huge turnover rate

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