Cubist - Politics and all the wrong reasons to join - Portfolio Manager Point72 Employee Review

1.0
Mar 18, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

good location, new york city

Cons

HR team is very busy writing rave reviews about Cubist and Point72, one search on the web tells the truth about the culture of this firm, this is toxic firm with a big blot on its name, as a current employee below are some of my observations: 1. The senior management promises a lot, but nothing is delivered, in the end only yes men get promoted to director, managing director title for doing nothing smart. 2. The verbal language used by the top management is at best arrogant, condescending and frankly against every HR policy in the handbook. 3 The pay is sub-par, also the work you are given is outdated with nontransferable skills for your next gig, so, all in all, you will simply waste your time here with no monetary benefit or knowledge being gained. Changing name of the firm every few years is not going to help and neither is bringing in consulting firms to do surveys, we all know this is simply an effort to restore the image and nothing more. There are several hedge funds out there with better culture technology stack and smarter people out there, better working for them then a blotted name that is always in the news for the wrong reasons.

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5.0
Jun 30, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Just joined recently. A ton of resources at the firm, its been good so far

Cons

I came from a competitor firm. Not actually a con to me but I noticed worse employee perks e.g. no dinner provided on Uber etc

5.0
Jun 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Excellect company culture, beautiful offices, very good compensation and benefits, amazing opportunities for professional development

Cons

Very fast paced and innovative with high expectations, if you aren't a fast learner and highly adaptive you won't last here. It's a hedge fund so be prepared for some serious egos, but generally speaking the people are quite nice. They don't have a CFO, so it sometimes feels like central coordination/strategy is lacking to the back office finance function.

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