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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
4.0
May 7, 2016

A challenging environment not for all takers

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Pros

Culture of transparency and open exchange of ideas. Opportunity to take on additional responsibilities and projects

Cons

Firm was becoming too corporate, and losing its smaller firm feel (not really a con) - but if you aren't ready to question everything, be questioned on everything this won't the place for you

3.0
Apr 29, 2016

If you have a thick skin.....

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Pros

Smart Talent pool Learn a lot about yourself

Cons

You need a thick skin - the "radical transparency" and truth can verge on being abusive Everything is done by committee so takes an inordinate amount of time which gets quite frustrating Smart unscrupulous people game the system

3.0
Apr 19, 2016

Challenging but not happy

Anonymous employee
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Pros

great salary, the culture is an interesting social experiement the work is challenging even if the content is relatively mundane. Smart, intense people all around

Cons

unhappiness, long work hours, having to live in ct, the culture takes up much of your time, creativity is stifled by the meritocratic culture, consumes your life

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