Culture & bureaucracy hurting progress & growth - Systems Engineer Two Sigma Employee Review

2.0
11 May 2021
Recommend
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Pros

People are generally nice, very polite with one another. Benefits are quite generous

Cons

There's a lot of internal politics. Hard work doesn't pay off. There's a lot of internal maneuver you need to manage in order to be "successful". It is extremely difficult to grow or learn new things, as a lot of the time is dedicated to resolve internal bureaucratic issues

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Cons

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