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First Derivatives Reviews

3.2

56% would recommend to a friend

(866 total reviews)
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Seamus Keating

54% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

First Derivatives has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 866 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The First Derivatives 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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866 reviews
1.0
19 Apr 2017

Financial Engineer

Recommend
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Pros

Sometimes the kitchen didn't smell. If you like going on a reckless night out mid week, no one will bat an eye lid the next day.

Cons

This place is a shambles ran by Cowboys & Indians. Every couple of weeks I had the unfortunate task of explaining to family and friends what I do for a living (trust me, it was them that asked). Every role on offer at FD is so simplistic that it will make you wonder why you put yourself through tough courses in college only to end up with the most degrading/lifeless roles to ever grace the planet Earth. If you like the thought of switching your brain off for a while, then by all means come along, but the only skills on your CV after your time at FD will be as follows: 1. Copy and Paste Extraordinaire 2. Wizard at looking like you're doing something 3. Space Cadet. Of course, people get lucky and get to go to nice locations, but there is no reasoning behind who goes where, or who ends up in which job. It's complete pot luck. So ask yourself.. is that a chance you want to take? It's easy to get drawn into all the great locations you could be sent to, unfortunately FD never mention on their brochure about the numerous roles in Newry that a lot of people will end up on. Newry/New York.. practically the same right??

1.0
18 Jan 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is moderate. The current office is in a nice location and you get the opportunity to carry over holidays (more than 5)

Cons

Dealing with HR is a challenge , definitely feels like an old fashioned firm to work for where people are treated like numbers rather than people . Also not particularly LGBT friendly .

2.0
17 Oct 2015

Not sure I would recommend

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Interesting technologies and young vibrate staff. If you were into travel lots of that too possible. Some very interesting clients as well.

Cons

The managerial style was a tad confrontational. Very used to dealing with graduates so not quite as adapt with dealing with more senior hires.

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