Jump Trading Reviews

Pros

Friday lunches, travel, dynamic work environment

Cons

Very clicky and poor management is a common issue throughout all departments. End of year evaluations (provided by employees) should be taken seriously by senior management.

Pros

Some nice people. Free lunches on fridays lots of travel between offices business seems to be good growing company

Cons

A lot of clever people. .Unfortunately most not as clever as they think they are.. lots of diva types, intensely political and cliquey. very under resourced, hence very long hours and lots of weekend work..compensation doesn't reflect the effort..A lot of my colleagues agree of being heavily oversold role and bonuses at interview.

Pros

Very smart, talented, hard working people who don't have egos and are easy to work with. Everyone is treated with respect. The company invests heavily to keep up with and continually outpace the industry. Very forward thinking. Compensation and benefits are excellent. Good office space in Chicago.

Cons

It's a big company, so there is some of the inevitable big company slowness. But it isn't too bad. Not too many lunch options around the Chicago office.

Pros

- Compensation and benefits are great. - Feels more like a tech company than finance. Always interesting things going on, trying crazy new ideas and seeing what works out. Makes diverse bets in many different directions. - Chicago office is improved dramatically after 6th floor expansion and Cafe/Barista addition. - It's casual, it's not too formal or stifling. #thedailydog. Friday song. Shrec (CEO) is charismatic and knows everybody by name. - Things always seem to be getting better, not worse.

Cons

- Jump isn't as agile as they think they are. TONNES OF TECH DEBT. A general fear of changes taking out production trading means that getting stuff fixed or improved is often slower than it should be. Coredev somewhat dysfunctional. - Not exactly a Meritocracy. Front office trading teams take the lions share of profits, though back office are working their butts off to make sure everything can run smoothly. - Not much of a bigger picture. There appears to be no greater purpose to the work than profiting off the markets. Jump entices hundreds of incredibly smart people, who might otherwise be solving important issues in the real world, to just polish the P&L - for scientists and engineers, it's kind of an empty goal.

Pros

- Lots of intellectual stimulation and constant access to hard but interesting problems - Combination of analytically and quantitatively smart but humble peers - Culture is paramount and the company puts a high value to maintaining great culture - Top of the line benefits and compensation

Cons

- Company is growing through an inflection point and expansion - so expected kinks as it navigates through that but nothing serious