AQR Capital Management Reviews

Pros

Working with this firm for nearly two years , we have seen our share of "not so good phase" whether it was declining AUM, early churn and few other challenges . Few things that stood out in these testing time are rare for any employer. - Focus on quality than quantity, learning from own mistakes of past years - Upgrading of tech stacks eg, moving to cloud , rearchitecting legacy stuff etc - Continues to invest in academia and building learning culture - Trust and Transparency in employees at every level - Exceptional level of support extended during pandemic - As a company we are back on growth trajectory having learned from our own share of success and failures in past years Talking about Bangalore office , lots of good work happening since past few years and more interesting and challenging work is lined up in coming days as we are in redefining phase of Engineering tech phase. We have a vibrant office located in ORR and what makes it awesome is awesome people (especially fresh hires) joining team .

Cons

Few cons one can think of - Late meeting few days as things need to overlap from other geography - Traffic condition in Bangalore office, reaching/leaving office becomes pain

Pros

My immediate manager is great.

Cons

The engineering team I work on has become incredibly toxic with absolutely no respect for personal boundaries. Deadlines have become less and less realistic and there has been no plan by the business to provide more support or properly increase headcount. I am also certainly underpaid. There’s a scary downhill trend here. Also the location in Greenwich is not great.

Pros

I have been at AQR for close to 2 months. It has been a wonderful experience in Cloud services area. Lots of opportunities to learn and contribute. Engineering focused firm. Team is great. Very helpful. Open to ideas. Flexible in terms of hours. Employee benefits are great. I enjoyed the interview process as well. Great firm to work with. Covid benefits are also very good.

Cons

It has been wonderful experience so far. No Cons.

Pros

I enjoyed the open and collaborative culture, especially now that I work somewhere that is much more “everyone for himself.” I got the impression that the people in charge truly cared about the average employee’s quality of life. There were interesting talks and learning series, and free breakfast, the quality of which declined over time. The work-life balance was great, but that, and everything else, started to go downhill once performance declined.

Cons

Compensation doesn’t even come close to market. Ancient codebase riddled with technical debt. The firm is clearly trying to outsource as much tech talent as possible. Senior leadership lacks an understanding of the importance of technology. There are some long-tenured, powerful people on the research/portfolio management side who do their best to stifle all change that threatens their turf. This, more than anything else, is what makes AQR a bad choice for developers.