Two Sigma reviews

3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(89 total reviews)
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Carter Lyons and Scott Hoffman

46% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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4.0
Oct 4, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

* One of the highest paying jobs in software; raises every year; huge bonuses * Growing name recognition - ppl say that Two Sigma is very tough to get in * Lots of smart devs from companies like Google/Amazon * Treats employees well in general; good benefits * Flexible schedule; overtime is rare for most teams * Tech stack is not bad for a hedge fund; usually gets updated regularly

Cons

* Tough to find another job that pays as well... * Devs are second-class to quants/modelers in a way * A lot of uninteresting work to support the business. As a result, you don't get exposed to a lot of the big data/real-time technologies used in Internet companies. The emphasis on home-grown software also makes this worse. There's a chance that you're making good money in exchange for lower future marketability. * Unstable management changes all the time

1.0
Jun 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Human Resources department has been doing a great job at posting fake 5-star reviews on Glassdoor, all to convince the founding partners and the outside world that everything is just peachy.

Cons

Compensation is low compared to peers. There are no real growth opportunities. If you want to learn something new, then forget about this place and move on. The technology is arcane, bloated, poorly managed, and plain old. You will be told lies at the interview about the so-called state-of-the-art internal technology stack. There's no real innovation either, only pretend business-unrelated ideas which never fully materialize. Many promising projects silently fail. Most VPs and MDs are pretty bad at their job, although they are very good at blaming each other for failures, taking credit for each other's accidental achievements, exaggerating their own results, and convincing the upper management that they're worth the unreasonably high compensation. Partners have no idea what's going on and why things aren't working anymore, but they keep on introducing and removing dubious workflow/HR procedures, restructuring the company every 6 months, moving people around, reassigning responsibilities, and hiring external CTOs. Don't waste your time there!

5.0
May 1, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Hours are very flexible. Benefits, perks and pay are quite competitive. Hiring standards are very high. I work with very smart people.

Cons

Technology is not always cutting edge. Bureaucracy and legacy software gets in the way of doing your job at times. Secrecy and lack of transparency create impediments.

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