2.0
Jan 18, 2017
Current employee, less than 1 year
New York, NY
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Trading floor is empty by 5 PM. Friendly employees. Lots of lifers doing the same thing day in / day out. No accountability for performance. Family business so dead weight is allowed.
Cons
Decisions made by a very tight group of the inner circle. Need at least 15 years of time at Van Eck before viewed as the inner circle. Losing revenue to larger players causing draconian expense management measures including increasing employee health care contribution by 350%. Technology stuck in the 1990s and IT does not have the skills to modernize.