IMC Trading reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(331 total reviews)

IMC Financial Markets

78% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

IMC Trading has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 331 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The IMC Trading employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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331 reviews
1.0
Sep 28, 2013

Avoid this company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working in the tallest building in the country. That's about it sadly.

Cons

Dirty politics, awful and arrogant management, backstabbing culture and no spirit of camaraderie amongst employees. All in all, the environment is purgatoric.

5.0
May 28, 2013

Very successful trading firm with great people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Top benefits - Generally smart and hardworking people - Some excellent cutting edge technology - Lots of responsibility given with chance to make a lot of money - Travel to Amsterdam or Sydney is common - Interesting work ,chance to work on lots of different projects - Diverse group (despite some comments, there are very few Dutch managers left here)

Cons

- Can be stressful and very demanding. High pressure to perform - Very competitive industry, so can’t relax too much - Amount of feedback depends heavily on who your manager is (though this is changing)

1.0
May 22, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

-Free lunches -Free massages -Free gym membership -Matching 401k Until the bonus numbers from IMC Chicago were published, I was quite obliviously happy with IMC. Honestly, my favorite part about working at IMC was leaving, I got a nice severance for my noncompete. The other good part about leaving IMC, is that I found job in tech that paid 50% more than what IMC paid me (salary + bonus). Developers skilled in Java + data + algorithms can make much, much more elsewhere these days.

Cons

The culture is very top-down, command and control. You do what you're told. Your opinion simply doesn't matter. I don't recall a single time I was asked for my input or opinion. Even for things that weren't your mistake, it's normal to be verbally abused and berated in front of everyone. A phrase I guarantee that you'll never hear there is "servant leadership." The management simply does not care about developers. The bottom bucket traders make about 10x the bonuses of the top bucket developers. The two managers were taking about more than everyone else (150 people) combined. The bonus system is not based on merit. Don't even get me started on the sexual harassment culture. There's a reason there are so few females working at IMC.

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