Two Sigma reviews

3.9

82% would recommend to a friend

(89 total reviews)
avatar

Carter Lyons and Scott Hoffman

46% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Reviews by job title

89 reviews

Reviews about "Compensation"

Return to all reviews
4.0
Jan 30, 2016

Great company, good pay

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The work at twosigma - esp. quant work - is a lot of fun. The culture is great - its very techie / mathy, and the people are of top caliber. The work environment is low pressure, low bureaucracy, and very open towards new ideas. Also, they try to give you the tools (and data) needed to get your job done - though not always successfully. Furthermore, being a place full of computer scientists, the emphasis is on doing things efficiently and smartly, rather than putting in donkey hours. As long as you get your work done, nobody cares about what time you came or left. For me, that is a big advantage of this place over other finance / fin-tech jobs. All in all, its like working for a great tech company at a significantly better pay.

Cons

The tech infrastructure is a bit old and rickety - although there are serious efforts to upgrade. Also, the level of secrecy (esp. on the quant side) is crazy high - and makes working here a somewhat solitary and siloed experience. There aren't many outside-work team activities / events either - you come, you work, you go home. And while the pay is great by tech standards, it's not classical trader / hedge-fund level money - until to you get into the top management. The bonus is unfortunately not an appreciable percentage of the alpha you generate. Also, the on-site perks / facilities are very meh - when compared to tech companies and when considering that it is a really successful hedge-fund.

5.0
Dec 10, 2015

Great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Responsive and considerate company, great perks

Cons

Sometimes feels very large and disconnected

4.0
Oct 11, 2015

software engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I was working with many smart people, having fun with what we worked on, salary was good and the environment positive on one hand, but challenging on the other.

Cons

The company is not that small anymore and sometimes it takes quite a while to get your "words heard" and sometimes you need to do quite some paperwork efforts before you can start realising the ideas.

Viewing 82 - 84 of 89 Reviews

Glassdoor has 465 Two Sigma reviews submitted anonymously by Two Sigma employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Two Sigma is right for you.