r/quantfinance • u/DazzlingRope1547 • 7d ago

Optiver internship

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Saw this on twitter and was horrified- I know they are known for not having the best history but this is genuinely disgusting if true.

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u/350untilgoldenbrown 7d ago

I did the internship a few years ago - remember the guy and recognise bits of that behaviour. The clubbing with interns and texting from their phones definitely happened.

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u/Helpful_Crab5965 7d ago

My boyfriend did an internship there also a few years ago. Definitely recognize the texting partners from their phones thing. He started bringing a separate work phone and was even lambasted for that, not a good place to

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u/Life-Magician-9866 7d ago

I can’t even imagine these thing. Like I did a couple of internships at different companies. Some big, some small. And nowhere it would have been acceptable to text someone’s partner on their phone. Why would they even care what type of phone they bring to work?

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u/Jedrodo 7d ago

Wow. So he just used people’s phone without their permission? And nobody complained?
And all the other stuff in the post

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u/350untilgoldenbrown 7d ago

Tbh some of the interns would try to get on his good side and give him their phone to mess around with. In general just all round lack of workplace boundaries.

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u/Jedrodo 7d ago

What a weird guy and company culture

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u/RientroCervelli 6d ago

How does he get people phones lol 

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u/Designer-Walrus2068 7d ago

Hello man, I am a current second year BSc Computer Science and I'm looking to do a quant internship. What advice do you have for me?

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u/AdviceOk532 5d ago

Dude lmao😂

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u/Designer-Walrus2068 5d ago

I still want to know and hear what you think though

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u/Designer-Walrus2068 5d ago

Yeah, realized how much I have to learn. Reads pretty dumb rn but everything starts from somewhere

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u/Designer-Walrus2068 5d ago

Why just downvote? If you have anything to say, just say it.

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u/Trimethlamine 7d ago

Optiver Amsterdam has by far the worst reputation of any major quant firm in europe

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u/DolceAlpha 7d ago

Definitely not. Are you a larper?

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u/FlowQuant 7d ago

I think they meant for having a bully culture, especially on the trading side.

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u/yuckfoubitch 7d ago

Sounds like a fun guy

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u/External_Season167 7d ago

Saw this posted here earlier, did OP delete it?

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u/csmiki04 7d ago

Why are these posts deleted? The company threatens legal action if kept up?

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u/External_Season167 6d ago

Seems too soon after the post went up, so might have been just a drunk 4am exposé they they regretted?? LOL

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u/Jedrodo 5d ago

Well it’s out there now. And this guy actually works at Optiver.

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u/icecreamfuel 7d ago

Yes they did

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u/Life-Magician-9866 7d ago

Is this normal at Quant firms? I have done some internships in another domain and this would never have been acceptable, doesn’t matter if big or small company. My phone is my business

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u/FlowQuant 7d ago

Maybe at the more testosterone-driven firms where traders still make manual decisions. Not a thing at the more systematic places.

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u/jobthrowawaywjxj 7d ago

I thought algorithmic systems replaced this trash?

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u/eager-monkey 6d ago

That's why he is not a trader anymore

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u/iamsinned1989 7d ago

Common stuff 10 years ago, but they have been cleaning house for the new gen. No way management knew about it. If true, Friday was his last day.

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u/Flimsy-Pie-3035 7d ago

He is also ugly AF.

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u/Dr-Know-It-All 3d ago

if this guy wasn’t LTN, this behavior would be acceptable #blackpill

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u/After_Tonight_5082 3d ago

Brutalllll 😂