Great education, terrible culture, plenty of monsters - Senior Product Associate PIMCO Employee Review

Everyone was ranked, best rank got best bonus, lowest rank got low to no bonus, so difficult environment to make friends, great place to be cut throat, the firm changed for the worse when Bill Gross was pushed out, current CEO is a joke, partners have a lot of power and can absolutely ruin your life (and do often). Getting in the door requires excellent grades, staying longer than a year requires a very good work ethic, advancing to the top takes 2 things 1) a level of political power most people simply dont have & 2) dirt on one of the partners or a strong personal friendship with a partner.