Highly professional, with inspiring purpose - Anonymous employee LeapFrog Employee Review

5.0
Aug 20, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

As an investment professional, I appreciate the rigour of the investment process at LeapFrog, and the quality of the team. I think it's rare, and probably unique, that this is combined with such significant social purpose. LeapFrog is growing fast, and the CEO has a big vision that drives that growth. LeapFrog has attracted big investors, so they obviously get the picture! Personally, I love working in emerging markets - the opportunity set is vast, and the companies we invest in are innovative and inspiring.

Cons

Nothing significant. It's a challenging environment, perhaps some people might not be able to take the pressure.

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Pros

- A unique opportunity to work with a high caliber, positive and dynamic team from across the globe. You'll meet incredible people that you'll learn from and who will enrich both your work and life - Opportunity to travel and learn from diverse investee firms in emerging markets - Small functional teams mean wide exposure to relevant disciplines and thus greater learning potential

Cons

- Opportunity to further enhance firm culture as the company grows, and to get the right infrastructure in place to ensure teams are resourced and empowered to succeed - Opportunity to provide additional mentoring and pathways to facilitate career progression

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5.0
Oct 22, 2017
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Pros

LeapFrog unites thinkers of tomorrow, those who embrace new progressive ideas of doing good and those who don't live for the sake of greed only. You would meet folks from all walks of life, very diverse, very friendly and down-to-earth people you would call friends at the end of the day. The level of thinking is top-notch and you will see that your humanistic aspirations go up as well, as a result of such new-wave environment. One gets to enjoy global retreats, work-life flexibility, office lunch, and top people - here I mean not necessarily in terms of formal education (which might easily be a mere piece of paper) but rather in terms of their true quality that shows in world-changing ideas and inspiring conversations.

Cons

As the firm is relatively young, even though it might produce top-quartile PE performance, it does not pay near the top quartile comp (which means the promise of top-quartile returns is not in line with the logical conclusion that it would translate in top-quartile benefits); pension is not even worth mentioning. That is the primary reason why it's difficult to attract top talent and difficult to keep younger people.

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