Pros
- Exposure to relevant fintech concepts and technologies - Ability to build systems and processes, and take on responsibilities outside of your core functional area - Opportunities to engage with international clients and custodians - Some incredibly smart and hardworking co-workers, though most of the good ones eventually leave - Supportive managers on the data team who are shackled by poor management decisions
Kontras
- The management routinely over promises and under delivers in a bid to grow sales. The team is then left to contend with deeply unhappy clients. - Compensation is poor. You are not rewarded fairly, even when you go above and beyond. - Very long hours, with no overtime pay. - Employee share plans are not adhered to despite being billed as an important part of compensation when you first join. - There is no product focus. Deployments are slow and there are a slew of half baked fixes and manual processes that prevent scalability. - The high attrition rate and stingy hiring policies make it difficult to build a strong and reliable team. - The top leadership is not clear or transparent about the company’s strategy or direction. The CEO has minimal engagement and visibility to those outside the management clique, and purposefully chooses to ignore well known problems such as compensation.