Symphony Reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(188 total reviews)
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Brad Levy

78% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Symphony has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 188 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Symphony employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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188 reviews
1.0
14 Dec 2018

Stay away if you are passionate about technology

Anonymous employee
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Pros

People are generally nice and helpful coming from large organizations Salary package can match banks so as to attract you joining them Insurance plan in Hong Kong is quite good Lunch meals and some expenses can be reimbursed Little extra money to bring your own benefits (BYOB)

Cons

Ruin your career by telling you that they wanted to hire you as a technical person but then let you go by telling you they in fact looking for a sales type of person. Do not tell the truth otherwise you will be dismissed Do not tell you the job expectations and you have to guess what you need to do. In the end, they will let you go by saying that you have not done their expectations (in fact they haven't communicated).

1.0
10 Feb 2019

Disappointing experience

Recommend
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Pros

Customers are already lined up and that's a good thing.

Cons

I am a recent hire. Discovered that stock options is pretty much a sham. I suggest stay away from this company. They can take away vested options at the blink of an eye and you would have worked very hard for them for years for nothing. I've never seen a company who is so unfair and uncaring of their employees who are putting their life on hold and in the get nothing in return.

1.0
14 Sept 2019
Recommend
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Pros

You’ll love your next job so so so much!

Cons

It’s hard to know where to start, but all roads lead to the CEO. He’s a bully who leaves a wake of chaos wherever he goes. Rather than be in the areas that can help the business succeed such as NY or London, he hides in Asia adding zero value and terrorising people in chat rooms and over the phone. So that he be treated like a mini (size and quality) Steve Jobs, he’s surrounded himself with a horror show “talent” who run key initiatives and business lines. Since they are all his friends or family, no one ever challenges him and subsequently, nothing good is developed and politics runs rife. Anyone with financial services knowledge has left having worked out its a sinking ship. The product is terrible and despite repeated requests from clients for development and additions to roadmap, nothing that delivers genuine value, transforms workflows or betters current services has been delivered. Bloomberg must be laughing that despite $450m ploughed into this company, the result is nothing short of useless. It’s unfortunate that so many good people believed the hype and left quality firms and jobs to try and make a difference here, but it’s impossible to make a difference in a culture and company as toxic as this. Steer clear, you will thank the people leaving negative reviews. I think the positive ones are from HR as everyone hates working here.

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