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      Jump Trading

      Engaged Employer

      Jump Trading reviews

      4.2

      78% would recommend to a friend

      (221 total reviews)

      Matt Schrecengost

      83% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.4

      Compensation and benefits

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Career opportunities

      3.9

      Senior management

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      Jump Trading has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 221 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Jump Trading employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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      221 reviews
      2.0
      Oct 19, 2014

      Worst work experience of my career.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      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.

      5.0
      Jan 28, 2016

      Excellent place to be

      Algorithmic trader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      I found my time at Jump to be really, insanely valuable and would encourage anyone to join. It is an excellent place to be if you are motivated and want to work with really smart, dedicated people who are (mostly) not dicks. Without question this was the best place that I have worked, and I fear that it will remain so going forward. London office space is really nice. Lighting a bit of a problem, but workable. You need to know your stuff (which, if you get through the interview process, is quite likely) and be able to defend your position when you are right; I found admitting and owning it when wrong to be valued. You can expect people to do their jobs, do them well, and go the extra mile. The company seems generally quite willing to work with employees and (given you lay the groundwork with your target group) willing to move people into new roles after they have proven themselves. This is particularly true for people who have been with the firm a few years and shown skill and dedication to the job. It seems to be more true now than it was in the past. The London office is probably one of the best places to work on the planet. (And I'm leaving!)

      Cons

      Friday lunches will fatten you up. Chicago office space is a bit of a bunker (but I think a well designed one if you are interested in getting things done). Some people are a bit egotistical; most are not. Given the overall high skill/ego ratio, and the low number of dicks, this is probably a pro. An individual's experience will be highly dependent on what group they join, particularly in the front office. Tough interview process.

      2.0
      Jan 27, 2023

      long hft futures expertise and terrible management. short everything else.

      Researcher
      Recommend
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      Pros

      If you want to be in high frequency futures trading, it is one of the best. If you want to be in equities, options or any lower frequency trading, there are many better places.

      Cons

      My thesis advisor was active in start ups and had experience that led to him talking about general business practice and not just science. A few things he said stuck out to me that didn’t make complete sense at the time. Things like “if a company says they are flat structure or meritocracy, run the other way.” Or if a company says “we don’t have politics” also run the other way. The reason being of course is that it is a big lie and it really means there is an incredible amount of politics and the structure is set up by the powerful to maintain power and not run an optimal company. I ignored this when I joined Jump thinking that maybe it really was different. But it is obvious that the structure here is terrible and the politics unbearable. Power is based on tenure or loyalty to people with tenure. Unsurprisingly a group of sycophants thrive on this.

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