Sorry for not putting this in the hedge funhouse thread, but it takes a while to get responses if i post there.
Anyways, i have a phone interview this week with Bridgewater for an investment analyst position. I've been out of college for some time and have a number of years of work experience. I'm wondering if you guys know about this job, in terms of what it entails, compensation, exit opps, etc. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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If you do a search on Bridgewater on WSO you'll find a lot of answers on what people know about the job already. That, and more on Bridgewater's "special" brand of culture.
I'm sure they'll require you to drink Ray's special Kool-Aid the second you walk in.
So, everyone will have a little bit of 'Ray' in them? :P
Good article find UFO. Now it's all out in the open, instead of just stories on forums. Still want to work there Brady?
'"Issue logs” track mistakes ranging from significant (poorly executed trades) to small (one employee is said to have been issue-logged for failing to wash his hands after a trip to the bathroom) and can result in “drilldowns,” intense sessions
Other employees can withdraw recordings of these proceedings from the firm’s “transparency library.”'
So they spend their meetings questioning why a guy won't wash and your embarrassment will be logged in Bridgewater's archives for the firm's eternity...
Now, to be fair, Bridgewater does fucking amazing. They have quirks, yes, but it seems those quirks work for them. If you can get in with BW and you fit with them, I can't imagine many better opportunities. I also highly doubt that the hand-washing or peas incident is a regular thing, more a highlight of the worst experiences you can have there.
Oh agreed - BW does extremely well, but as pointed out, it's not for everyone. That draconian culture drives out 30+% of hires in under 2 yrs. I'm just saying a lot of consideration needs to go into 'do I fit in here' - and especially in this case, where if you're not ready (and able) to drink the kool aid and keep it down, by many accounts, it's a very hard place to work emotionally.
Uh, you mean like 66% of the people who start their don't make it to their first year anniversary. That's a stat quoted from someone who had multiple rounds with them.
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