DRW reviews

4.3

88% would recommend to a friend

(328 total reviews)
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Donald R. Wilson, Jr.

97% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

DRW has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 328 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The DRW 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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328 reviews
4.0
Jun 7, 2020

Big little company

Recommend
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Pros

Office perks such as company issued phone, laptop and desktop are really nice. In office breakfast, lunch and snacks are awesome. Employees are genuinely really smart and caring. Confidence level in the company to remain in business with little to no layoffs due to outside circumstances (ex: global pandemic) remains high.

Cons

DRW feels like a giant company of small companies. Cross-collaboration is almost zero, which creates a significant segmented company culture. Some teams are wonderful, some are not. DRW is also extremely paranoid about cyber security to almost unimaginable degrees. While a certain level of security is required for this type of business, DRW's answer is always "no" first and "yes" after a really long period of time, causing huge backups waiting for approvals to pass the security team(s).

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DRW Response
6y
Thanks for sharing your experience. COVID-19 has definitely made for an interesting few months at DRW. We’ve been impressed by the flexibility and creativity of our teams in adapting to working remotely as we tried to do our part to keep our people, their families and our communities safe. Thanks to everyone’s hard work, we’ve been able to remain an important participant in markets around the world and, as you said, feel confident in the work we’re doing. Interestingly, with everyone working remotely, we’ve also made progress in increasing cross-team collaboration where it makes sense. We know there’s more we can be doing there, and appreciate your candid feedback.
5.0
Dec 25, 2018

Trader

Recommend
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Pros

A rare combination of trading/tech skill, diversification across trading styles, risk appetite, and market leading infrastructure. The company grew fast, and still needs to be optimized internally as a result, but it has all the ingredients to become the best prop shop in the world.

Cons

Discretionary bonus structure within certain trading groups can be a bit opaque for younger traders. There is a push to unify the company but at the moment some desks are siloed and/or compete internally with other desks.

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DRW Response
7y
Thank you for writing a review on Glassdoor. Continuous diversification of the firm has been a focus for us, and we are glad to see that you have enjoyed that aspect, along with others, of your experience at DRW. We will continually work to make the way our employees collaborate as efficient and helpful for personal growth as possible.
2.0
Apr 11, 2018

Used to be great, now it's so-so

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pay is competitive but becoming less so. Good benefits (insurance and dental are good. free lunch. 50% 401k match. game room)

Cons

management has lost its way. firing of homegrown talent to bring in new people who don't fit the culture. management of developers is not good. company is more silo'd and each team more secretive than ever. they have people with no development knowledge managing developers and giving them unrealistic tasks for their timelines.

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DRW Response
8y
We appreciate your honest feedback. Our firm’s significant growth over the past few years has meant bringing in many new people, and we have found immense value in the new perspectives coming from that talent. We know there is still work to be done to maintain our culture as the company grows, and we can’t lose sight of it. We’re similarly focused on making sure that collaboration happens thoughtfully. When we can bring individuals and teams together to solve problems, we do. Due to the proprietary nature of some of our projects and systems, it’s not always possible. We’ll continue to work on confronting the siloes that do exist and encouraging people to identify where we can have meaningful exchange of skills, ideas and work product. Moving into a management role can be a challenging transition, especially when you take on responsibility for work that isn’t in your area of expertise. We’ve seen it work really well and we’ve seen it require more coaching and support. We’ll use your feedback to continually improve our management practices.
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