Company in a death spiral, on borrowed time - Software Engineer TradeStation Employee Review

1.0
26 Jan 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Ping pong table, Xbox, and free bagels on Friday, work from home, decent salaries and benefits. Good place to learn the markets

Cons

Company is hemorrhaging money, mostly due to "championing" it's 15 year old software. Management is stale, complacent, and incompetent. Avoid like the plague

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Cons

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3.0
24 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-Pay for entry level role -ability to be fully licensed -managers are great-two 15 min breaks

Cons

-5 days in office -8 to 5 work shifts with unpaid lunch -call center -talking to old people all day that cant navigate anything -Extremely busy at times -You will be talking ALL. DAY.

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