Pros
free lunch & team building events, but at the expense of your career and your weekend time
Cons
extremely toxic working enviroment They dont care 1) employee working efficiency -> took several months to replace a broken computer which would shut down in the middle of the day occasionally, the manager said trading accesses were not ready, computer issue was not a big deal -> even after the hardware was fixed, the remote desktop was frozen for half hour every day, and it took a month to find that the server was occupied by a backup process, so you lost half hour every day 2) trading setup -> was promised trading accesses would be ready immediately on the first day, turned out it took more than half year to get some basic market accesses, it was a complete waste of career time waiting trading nothing, even they knew there was no guaranteed bonus to compensate -> the manager was working on kids education application during working hours, spend hours discussing news/food that are not relevant to trades -> they didnt let you directly communicate with developers, instead you need to tell the manager first, then the manager deliver the request to developers, the tools built were completely useless -> you can try to talk to external party to help speed up the setup, but they would stop you saying it was the manager responsibility, and then continue to talk about irrelevant news for example a singer passed away 3) tiny risk limit, no room for profit to cover even base salary -> this didnt make sense, traders didnt have bonus, the company also lost paying salary, but it was only reasonable until you see what they care -> they promised to raise limit after seeing profits from your strategy, and unexpectedly it was a disappointing 10% increment, the promise was just to keep you running trades and let them learn 4) unreasonable overhead cost -> was told an amount X before I joined, but the amount doubled why they dont care and what they care? 1) your trading idea & secret, you need to explain over and over again, and document your strategy, threatened you with the contract terms to share all secrets, while you have already shared everything, they still thought that there would be a single, secret and simple indicator. 2) after absorbing your strategy, they asked you to run it in a systematic way as they wanted, so it could be automatic, and the P&L started to turn negative, Leaving the company they will ask you sign a separation agreement when you leave, saying it is very common in financial industry, it is actually the same as the terms on your employment contract, with something extra to stop you from sharing your unpleasant employment experience in bluefin to the public. Asking I talked to the recruiter who connected me with Bluefin, he said it was not the managing director problem, it was the partner forcing the managing director to do the above. I dont want to guess, as it could be the managing director lying/breaking promises as always Growth I have heard they promised to hire a junior trader to support a trader with several years exp in Bluefin, and they never delivered the promise for growth. Instead, they turned the trader into a supportive role. That was just to reconcile positions and took away capital running the existing strategy.