Is Citadel Securities a good company to work for?

Citadel Securities has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 286 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 93% of employees would recommend working at Citadel Securities to a friend and 85% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Citadel Securities have been left by employees working as Quantitative Researcher , Software Engineer and Trader .

Does Citadel Securities pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Citadel Securities employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Citadel Securities. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Citadel Securities?

93% of Citadel Securities employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Citadel Securities 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 4.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Citadel Securities?

Quantitative Researcher (41) , Software Engineer (30) , Trader (17) , Intern (8) , Trading Intern (8) , Software Engineer(Internship) (7) , Quantitative Developer (5) , SRE Engineer (5) , Analyst (4) , Fundamental Analyst (4) , Junior Trader (4) , Quantitative Trader (4) , Quantitative Trading Intern (4) , Software Developer (4) , Quant Trader Intern (3)

What are the pros of working at Citadel Securities according to real employee reviews?

"good pay and working with smart people" ((in 32 reviews)); "colleagues are smart and helpful" ((in 19 reviews)); "benefits can be good" ((in 17 reviews)); "Compensation is good." ((in 16 reviews)); "Great coworkers, lots of entrepreneurial flexibility" ((in 11 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Citadel Securities according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and highly stressful" ((in 26 reviews)); "There is no work life balance" ((in 23 reviews)); "Toxic Culture" ((in 16 reviews)); "bad management and same project all the time" ((in 11 reviews)); "Lack of interesting projects, long hours" ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Citadel Securities layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Citadel Securities layoffs and their outlook for job security at Citadel Securities in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Citadel Securities locations?

New York , Chicago , Miami , Palo Alto , Brunswick , Grand Junction , Miami Springs , Chicago , Midtown New York

Citadel Securities reviews

4.0

93% would recommend to a friend

(195 total reviews)

Peng Zhao

85% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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Citadel Securities has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 195 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Citadel Securities employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

195 reviews

5.0

Jan 19, 2023

Would recommend

Fire guard

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Professional and Kind Coworkers Good starting pay Reasonable with work hours

Cons

Long daily shifts can get tiring and only people that can handle staying on their feet for extended periods of time should work here

5.0

Jan 16, 2023

Fast-paced and Engaging

Quantitative developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learn a lot and are trusted to do interesting work consistently. Resources to learn are plentiful, and the people are very encouraging and helpful.

Cons

Work/life balance can be a bit strained at times.

4.0

Jan 15, 2023

Poor managers and stagnating teams

Trader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation is solid. New grads will make half a million dollars a year for the first 2 years and then grow slowly from there. Benefits here are unmatched. Great health/vision/dental insurance, PTO is good for finance - 15 days for <2 years, 20 days if you have 2+ years of experience, plus 2 floating holidays and 2 personal days on top of the 10 NYSE holidays every year. There's also a company policy where you can expense dinners for free up to $100 per person if you have 4 or more colleagues present. On top of that, free food and drinks at the office plus uber eats for dinner if you stay past 7pm. Free Ubers to and from the office as well if you go in before 7am or after 7pm.

Cons

Comp growth and upside is lacking compared to other top shops. Compensation grows by a fixed percentage every year rather than a meritocratic model based on performance. There is a very small personal/team performance metric; it is much smaller than any other top shop. The benefit here is that people/teams are hedged on bad years. Large mismatch between compensation for lateral hires versus traders who joined as new grads. Lateral hires are often over-compensated. Home-grown traders comp almost always lags behind even if both people have the same YOE. A lot of inexperienced and incompetent managers who are often hired laterally. Complete bozos running some desks.

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