No leaders lots of sheep - Trade Support Engineer Flow Traders Employee Review

1.0
Apr 2, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

weekly massasges and catered lunches

Cons

If you are not brown nosing, you will not get ahead. Employees are hamstrung by conflicts of interest with HR, making expressing any concerns futile. Promotions and applying to internal postings do not follow federal hiring guidelines. There is no formal positing of lead or mgr positions and there is no formal interview process for the roles either. Nepotism prevails here, and there are layers of unqualified person's in multiple roles Hence there is a severe lack of leadership, where there is quite a bit of bark, but no bite. Additionally unqualified and even unsuspecting responsibilities are given to the lead puppets, to insulate senior mgmt from any culpability should things go sour. Even the senior mgrs are more interested being liked rather than getting tasks and projects addressed in a timely fashion. The mass exodus and revolving door of employees should leave room to question their rating as one of the better places to work. Employee turnover is concerning, and imho left a lot of inexperience in a lot of senior/mgt roles. Also no raises are to be expected, if the company does well, just hope you get a piece, if not then good luck. Oh if you are not Dutch then good luck on career advancement unless you pucker up.

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1.0
Jan 29, 2026
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Pros

Very small company with flat hierarchy so you can do your own projects

Cons

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