Jefferies reviews

3.9

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,282 total reviews)
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Richard B. Handler

80% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Jefferies has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,282 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Jefferies 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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1.0
Mar 28, 2016

Senior Manager

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some good associates that are very motivated to do good work. I enjoyed my work experience there.

Cons

The leadership is horribly detached from reality. Last years management conference, they completely forgot to introduce any of the senior management on the stage. It just simply skipped both of their minds, which was nonprofessional. The business has outgrown the leadership, and yet the leadership believes that they are still the smartest guys in the room. That is comical since their stock price has been declining for five years, and current leadership has made painfully expensive missteps in strategy and execution, costing shareholders hundreds of millions in nonrecoverable losses. Not only are they screwing up, but they seem to feel that nothing ever is their fault. There is always someone or something else to blame. Their explanations are getting worn out. If the leadership was graded over there by the staff, my guess is that at best they would be a D. Especially after another failed year, and with the stock near all time lows, they give each other a 5 million dollar bonus. What an FU to the firm and its shareholders.

3.0
Mar 16, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Very relaxed environment, nice group of people. The CEO is invested heavily in the equity of the business so interests are very clearly aligned with the success of the business.

Cons

For senior employees there's the opportunity to make good money though funding costs are v high compared to elsewhere. For junior employees (VP and below) it's not at all a meritocracy, no matter how good/awful you are, you will go up a level every 3 yrs.

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