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OptionsCity Software Reviews

3.4

62% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)

Hazem Dawani

69% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

OptionsCity Software has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 19 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The OptionsCity Software employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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19 reviews
3.0
8 Jun 2019

Option city Software

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Innovative, functionally rich software for volatility modelling

Cons

Young, inexperienced management Difficult to understand strategy

1.0
2 Mar 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are some smart people that you might be able to network with in the future.

Cons

Management loves to treat people poorly. If you aren't part of the clique you are on the bottom of the pile or on the way out the door. I've seen people treated very poorly, including getting yelled at in meetings (many curse words used, completely no appropriate). Even for simple things, like asking questions. The company path itself is muddled and changes every quarter to there is never any ramp up to any sort of growth. Company stays very stagnant as far as number of customers due to high churn.

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OptionsCity Software Response
10y
First, I would like to thank you for taking the time to write a review. I agree that we have a very strong team at OptionsCity and these are contacts that I hope everyone maintains. Second, I am disappointed to hear about some of your less than positive experiences. As one of the founder of OptionsCity and its CTO, I can tell you that one of the main reasons we started OptionsCity almost 10 years ago was to create a work environment where ourselves and our colleagues enjoy coming to work and making a difference. You point to certain situations where that may not have been the case. I am personally involved in a lot of the discussions on the management and engineering side and I have not experienced that type of behavior. While some of the meeting may get a little heated, due to how passionate people are, they are not disrespectful in nature and better decisions always come out of them. As a company we DO NOT tolerate the sort of behavior you describe. I can also vouch for every member of the management team and their commitment to employee growth and satisfaction. I would love to discuss this further. Feel free to email me at victor@optionscity.com, or if more comfortable, please reach out to Human Resources at hr@optionscity.com.
1.0
18 Apr 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some very smart people. Small(ish) company.

Cons

Poor quality platform causes issues for all facets of the business.

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OptionsCity Software Response
10y
First, I would like to thank you for taking the time to write a review. Second, I agree that we have a group of very smart people making up the OptionsCity team, across all aspects of the company. Third, I am sorry that things did not work out and you decided to continue your career somewhere else. As the CTO of OptionsCity I take the quality of all the software we produce extremely seriously. There is nothing more important to me than ensuring that our customers have a positive experience using the software. We build software used by a wide range of trading institutions across the globe with positive feedback across the board. Are things perfect? Building software never is. We are not afraid of change in the pursuit of a better product and that comes with some risk. There will always be issues that arise. What separates us from the rest is our ability and commitment to address those issue effectively and efficiently. I would love to discuss this further. Feel free to email me at victor@optionscity.com, or if more comfortable, please reach out to Human Resources at hr@optionscity.com.
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