Working at PIMCO were the darkest years of my long career. Like working in a Peruvian salt mine but with more sunshine. - Senior Manager PIMCO Employee Review

1.0
Nov 20, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Newport Beach -Great new building -Name looks good on a resume -Some of the people are great

Cons

-Horrendous work/life balance -A larger proportion of jerks relative to regular folks than any place I know -Third-world level of income disparity between the MD's and everyone else, even EVP's, SVPs -A completely unsustainable culture as evidenced by the fact that neither Gross or El-Erian could take it. -Areas like product management are hugely overstaffed

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2.0
Jul 1, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good company and brand name recognition

Cons

bad culture, hierarchy, limited to no upward mobility

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