First Derivatives Employee Reviews about "opportunity to travel"

Pros

Excellent Package and career progression Expenses provided onsite Great travel opportunities

Cons

Work can be highly pressured and stressful at times. Need to help juniors manage this effectively.

Pros

- Travel opportunities - Generous expenses package - Meet similar people

Cons

- Not much opportunities for advancement - When contracted to certain places you can meet some degree of hostility from those who are not contracted - Gossipy place to work - High turnover

Pros

Travel opportunities Responsibility when on client site

Cons

HR a nightmare to deal with Uncertainty

Pros

Young team Average grad pay Good opportunity to travel

Cons

Training was abysmal. They throw legal grads into banks and other finance companies and expect them to be able to keep pace with finance graduates in the same role, who will lead by miles in terms of excel alone.

Pros

Good opportunities to travel, if your lucky! Looks good on CV

Cons

Working very long, stressful hours without any extra pay on a minimal wage to begin with! not a lot of guidance or support given, really thrown in at the deep end

Pros

Great opportunities to travel globally as a young professional, wholly at the companies convenience Generous expenses package Work with some very well renowned clients

Cons

HR treats employees like children No career path and employees are scolded for even hinting at this All non-kdb roles are basically jobs banks would not hire people permanently to do You are forced to travel on the weekends and often at unsociable hours in order to save the company money No overtime is offered or bonuses given but working beyond your contracted hours is expected E-mails to HR or management are often not replied to and when it does eventually occur it is terse and scolding. While travel opportunities are fantastic, the company will not assist employees in any way to suggest their destinations. Even asking about roles in a particular location will also lead to a harsh reply from HR.

Pros

The technology owned by this company is fun to work with, and you get the opportunity to work with global banks and financial institutions. The expenses package when on client site is pretty decent. Accommodation, food and transport are covered (within reason). You get the opportunity to travel if you're interested (tho you get 0 say in where you are sent to).

Cons

Extremely poor communication with management. You will be left in the dark about what projects you'll be working on. Emails will go a long time without being answered, you may be sitting doing nothing for weeks while the project is delayed. This is not fun. The company has grown quickly but has not increased the size of it's HR department proportionally to the number of consultants. Don't expect any good communication. Expect to hear about things last minute.

Pros

Good work environment. Great travel opportunities. Interesting work, high standards, great projects. Intelligent people, could learn a lot and get involved.

Cons

Low pay, long hours, thrown in the deep end.