Poor place to do any technical work (quant/development/data science) - Support Point72 Employee Review

1.0
26 Jul 2019
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Pros

- Decent brand name - Ability to learn a lot

Cons

- Highly political in terms of growth - Pay is on the lower end for industry standard - Little career development opportunities to move into any kind of market-facing role / take responsibility in investment decisions when working on a silo team doing tech work - Culture of research analysts being in charge even on the same investment team as other data scientists / software engineers

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5.0
27 Jun 2026
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Pros

Excellect company culture, beautiful offices, very good compensation and benefits, amazing opportunities for professional development

Cons

Very fast paced and innovative with high expectations, if you aren't a fast learner and highly adaptive you won't last here. It's a hedge fund so be prepared for some serious egos, but generally speaking the people are quite nice. They don't have a CFO, so it sometimes feels like central coordination/strategy is lacking to the back office finance function.

4.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Smart people always willing to help Great benefits/pay/lunch stipend etc. Collegiate environment, most analysts are in their mid- late-20's

Cons

Work can become repetitive - same coverage for multiple years at a time speaking to the same people Limited work life balance (but its a hedge fund so you should expect that going in) A lot of micromanagement/bureaucracy. Too many cooks in the kitchen overseeing work, can make the research process tedious

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