Bridgewater Associates reviews

-hypocritical and ineffective upper management -nearly impossible to advance unless you give up personal life -principle based work takes up 5-10 hrs a week plus your real job -people are forced ranked against each other -not every department is as well managed as others -poor technology, manual processes -slow progress on both basic and complex tasks -exhaustingly bureaucratic -inconsistent application of principles

culture is all or nothing. buy in or leave. if you're not into a 'cult-like' culture, then look elsewhere talent is hit or miss. worked with a lot of colleagues who were culture carriers but not necessarily best in class at what they did. location is sub-par if you're a ny-er. be prepared to commute to wesport (about an hr driving from nyc), ct or rent a pied-a-terre near wesport