Chicago Trading Company reviews

Everything else. Specifically management. They fire/push out the door all of the talent and it shows. Promotions go to the most political butt kissers, while the best have their ideas stolen and then fired. Oh and remember the time they didn't even know about the gas trades that lost them a ton of money? There went the New York and London office. Not to mention rampant racism and sexism in management. Hands down the worst place I have ever worked.

- Software developers have to do a fair amount of support (including the occasional middle-of-the-night call), even though there is a front-line support team. - The company takes unusually long to get off of legacy technology, starting 2nd and 3rd generation applications without fully shutting down the 1st generation application. I think this is because upper management makes a mandate to get off the 1st gen stuff but has no plan about what needs to be done to achieve that. - As of spring 2014, software development is being reshuffled, from a system where development was controlled primarily by the desks to a more centralized development. It might be good to wait until the dust has settled.