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private:squarepointcapital
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1442647
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Apr 17th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Squarepoint Capital
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Software Engineer
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London, England
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Solid workplace
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Plenty of opportunity
Varied tech stack
Great benefits
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Need to be in the right team
Very dynamic work pace depending on project
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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5.0
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4.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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1442647
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Open
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Apr 21st, 2024 05:23AM
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Apr 21st, 2024 05:23AM
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Squarepoint Capital
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private:squarepointcapital
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1442647
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Apr 16th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Squarepoint Capital
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Quantitative Developer
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London, England
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-
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Good for 1st job in quantitative finance
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Old legacy code, slow improvement
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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0.0
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3.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1.0
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4.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1442647
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Open
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They really don’t listen
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Open
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Apr 19th, 2024 06:45AM
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Apr 19th, 2024 06:45AM
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Squarepoint Capital
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private:squarepointcapital
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1442647
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Apr 5th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Squarepoint Capital
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Desk Quantitative Analyst
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Montreal, QC
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Great opportunity, good company
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Great opportunity for undergrads to get into quant finance. Pay is average, benefits are great.
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Difficult to move up in org quickly.
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0.0
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5.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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1442647
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
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Open
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Apr 8th, 2024 12:18AM
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Apr 8th, 2024 12:18AM
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Squarepoint Capital
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private:squarepointcapital
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1442647
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Apr 5th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Squarepoint Capital
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I asked them to fire me in 1.5 months
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There is no pros at this company
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I found myself relegated to tasks that felt beneath the position I was hired for. The work culture seemed insulated, with coworkers displaying a limited worldview yet harboring inflated perceptions of their earnings potential and their willingness to submit to authority. This submissive culture appears to be by design, as any sign of pushback against the status quo led to immediate termination—observed in three instances during my short tenure. The total compensation offered is disappointingly low, with laughable promises of significant increases for 'hard work' that, even if fulfilled, would still lag far behind industry standards. This creates a bubble where employees are seemingly unaware of what competitive pay looks like. I had to ask them to fire me so I can keep my sign on.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1442647
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Open
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Apr 8th, 2024 12:18AM
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Apr 8th, 2024 12:18AM
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Squarepoint Capital
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private:squarepointcapital
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1442647
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Apr 1st, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Squarepoint Capital
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Software Developer
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Montreal, QC
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Good high-performance environment
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- Good pay & benefits
- Great people
- Can be promoted or moved teams relatively easily
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- Mileage will vary hugely depending on the team
- Politics & bureaucracy often make simple projects extremely complicated
- Very high-performance environment & culture isn't for everyone
- Upper management has stated verbatim they have no interest in diversity and inclusion
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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4.0
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3.0
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3.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0
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2.0
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1442647
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Open
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Apr 3rd, 2024 06:12PM
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Apr 3rd, 2024 06:12PM
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Squarepoint Capital
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private:squarepointcapital
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1442647
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Mar 8th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Squarepoint Capital
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Quantitative Researcher
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London, England
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A warning to successful companies
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Generous with food.
Some very talented and nice employees ( who feel lost )
Fair attitude to risk taking
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SquarePoint’s problems stem from its incredible success at the beginning - the founders found a niche they were extremely good at and built an empire from it.
Unfortunately they all came from the same elite French school and already believed they knew everything before starting - and financial success has further gone to their heads.
Upper management is seriously deluded and detached from reality and think they know better than anyone about anything and everything, no matter how little experience they have in the subject.
The thing they are worst at is management, the company grew too quickly with no plan and no desire to evolve, and is an unbelievably dysfunctional mess.
Its organisation is most alike
a feudal society with partners as lords fighting for the attention of their king ( who micromanages absolutely everything ) and everyone else as serfs, with very little respect or money available for them.
The best way to get made a partner is to come from the same school as the founders and to be good a solving theoretical problems that have nothing to do with reality.
Tech stack is very poor and everything is chronically broken.
Most people currently employed are here to cleanup the shortcuts that the early employees took everywhere while they patted themselves on the back for being so clever not doing stuff like everyone else.
There’s no consideration given to employee happiness or comfort, down to the antiquated monitors that are mandated by the king, and probably cost the company millions in productivity yearly due to how horrendous they are for coding ( and everyone codes at SquarePoint ).
Most people are paid far below their market value, especially if they are not a quant trader, in which case god help you trying to convince anyone you’re actually useful for something.
The company pitches investing in the master fund as an alternative to being paid fairly, unfortunately it only becomes worthwhile if you are able stay at the company at least three years without losing your mind and spend nothing so that you can invest all your money in the same place that you’re already heavily exposed to.
The mood in the offices is somber as the majority of employees have become disillusioned with the total inability of the management to listen and improve, and motivation has fallen off a cliff after this year’s pay round.
It’s abundantly clear to many in the lower ranks that several divisions of the company are slow motion car crashes but management are showing no signs of questioning themselves.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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3.0
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1.0
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3.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1442647
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Open
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You know way less than you think do - lose the ego and you might find your way back to long term success.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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2.0
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Open
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Mar 20th, 2024 05:17AM
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Mar 20th, 2024 05:17AM
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Squarepoint Capital
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private:squarepointcapital
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1442647
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Mar 13th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Squarepoint Capital
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Quantitative Researcher Intern
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Good experience
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-good salary
-unlimited food
-professional
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-long hours
-you can easily be let alone
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0.0
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4.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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1442647
|
Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
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Open
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Mar 15th, 2024 05:59PM
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Mar 15th, 2024 05:59PM
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Squarepoint Capital
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private:squarepointcapital
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1442647
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Mar 13th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Squarepoint Capital
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London, England
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strange mix
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Good benefits, pension, food etc
Friendly co-workers and peers
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There is a strong but hidden hierarchical structure, no access to organization outside team
Poor diversity
Upper management disorganized and communicates poorly
Old boys club : best to have gone to same college as CEO in the same country
Some managers better than others, very random depending on team
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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2.0
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4.0
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2.0
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1.0
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4.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1442647
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Open
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360 reviews for managers
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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4.0
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Open
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Mar 17th, 2024 08:33AM
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Mar 17th, 2024 08:33AM
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Squarepoint Capital
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private:squarepointcapital
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1442647
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Mar 5th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Squarepoint Capital
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Senior Quantitative Researcher
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Singapore
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Not very happy
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They allow seniors to invest in their funds
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They keep the comp low, offsetting it with funds investment. A lot of inefficiencies and quirks.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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0.0
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1.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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1442647
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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4.0
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Open
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Mar 8th, 2024 06:38PM
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Mar 8th, 2024 06:38PM
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Squarepoint Capital
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private:squarepointcapital
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1442647
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Mar 3rd, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Squarepoint Capital
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Software Developer
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Worst ever seen
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nothing is pro at square point, unless you hate yourself
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Cheapest, most micromanaged, and irrespectable company I have ever seen in my entire career. Everyone that I know of in the company wants to leave and hates this place, but of course except the ones who have never worked anywhere else, or the ones who are too weak to get any offer elsewhere - mind you, their TC is not much higher than a bank or a bottom 20% tech company.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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3.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1442647
|
Open
|
Please retire and free all your slaves.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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1.0
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Open
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Mar 7th, 2024 03:58AM
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Mar 7th, 2024 03:58AM
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Squarepoint Capital
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