Great people and free food, but culture has issues - Anonymous employee Optiver Employee Review

4.0
May 13, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Free food (breakfast, lunch, dinner). The people overall are great, especially in the Amsterdam office, loads of fun, open people. Every opinion is in fact respected and hear and appreciated

Cons

The culture is a bit extreme and some inappropriate behaviours are unfortunately not accepted but ignored. Growth can be complicated, so it easily leads to having to bring people down to look better. Bonus scheme is unclear.

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5.0
Feb 24, 2026
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Pros

worked on a lot of different areas of the trading stack; often close with researchers learned about technical components for data driven trading saw my impact day to day

Cons

constant office renovations were a bit distracting, but was told it should be done in 2026

3.0
May 21, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good compensation, collaborative environment. Company also seems to aim to be at forefront of new tech such as AI

Cons

When HR mgmt is on record stating things like the company shouldn’t hire females anymore, it really makes you wonder how they make decisions on who should fill management positions

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