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Cantor Fitzgerald

What is the best part of working at the company?
Its reputation. Undeserved, but still an asset for them and for the employees that have not yet realized what a horrible company this is.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything: Complete and total job insecurity as layoffs sometimes come "en masse" and without notice; no support whatsoever from management o any issue. In fact, management tends to be quite rude with its employees and never offer any help. Very tense working environment as general morale tends to be very low and all the staff seems to be very stressed. In a nutshell, a horrible working experience.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic environment that kills all kinds of motivation and initiative. The culture promotes employees to be very self-centered as they are all always afraid that any sign of collaboration may lead to their layoffs. It's a culture of selfishness and fear.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Just come in, do your job, try to stay low, and try to be as self-sufficient as possible since the company frons on employees seeeking help.

Culture is bad. If you are coming from big bank or professional place, you will be surprised. Head of equity trading comes out shouting and randomly questions who hired you and which group etc. This creates a very bad impression.
They lure you with designation and salary which has high stock options
Health insurance sucks, you might end up paying atleast $200 more per month for family
No 401k at all. The PCS 401k sucks
Even if you get stock option, it has 5 yr vesting and since it's not public selling it back has a big wait period.
Trading floor cleanliness is a joke
If you are on H1 be prepared to pay for spouse visa and any other premium processing cost. 
No job security at all. Will hire for no reason and can fire for no reason.
They will force you for all kind of donation. 9/11 donations are kind of mandator since the lady keeps moving around asking for money and reminding you to donate
Christmas time donation also seems similar.

Cantor itself was a great place to work because all the employees there (aside from management) truly cared about doing a great job and were very nice people to work with.  Management was a hit or miss situation as some managers went out of their way for their employees, while others didn't get involved at all.  

A typical day at Cantor varied from day to day, but for the most part most of the support calls were Bloomberg feeds or other market data feeds down, an occasional virus ect. 

The hardest part of the job was the pressure to get problems resolved as time is money in the brokerage world.

The most enjoyable part of the job is that although there were specific departments for things such as phones, servers or backups, whereas at Cantor, I was able to get my hands dirty in all aspects of technology

There is no such thing as a typical day in the Partnership group at Cantor Fitzgerald.  Everyday presents a new challenge or request by executive/senior management and the partners we help in regards to their partnership within the firm.  I currently manage all of the loans/accounts partners have with the firm, along with managing the actual Cantor partnership (ie the finance and accounting aspects of the partnership).  I report directly to the Senior Managing Director and Director of the Partnership group.  Both of who are extremely knowlegable and I learn from them on a daily basis.  I am a senior member of my group and manage a couple of coworkers within the group.  Every member of the partnership group is a team player and easy to work with.

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Cantor Fitzgerald is a prestigious company to work for. They carry a lot of notoriety in investment banking and electronic brokerage services.

There is high employee turnover at Cantor. This is because, they rarely promote from within. They are more likely to hire someone for more money from outside of the company.

If you are looking for career advancement, Cantor has a great name. But they are known not to pay well unless you work in the Front office. Best to work for a year, leave for another company, and come back a year later to negotiate a better salary.

But the people at Cantor are awesome. Its a place that encourages others to build great bonds and friendships.

I joined Cantor Fitzgerald a month after the tragic events of September 11, 2001. I was extremely excited and nervous to help them rebuild there equity trading platform. Over the past 13 years, I have worked and learned from some of the best professionals Wall Street will ever see. In that process, I've always met friends and colleagues that I remain close for the rest of my life. Though I am no longer at Cantor Fitzgerald, I will always remain a fan of their success, which I know I had a hand in preserving. That being said, I still have a lot of gas left in the tank, and look forward to the next chapter of my career.

Its the people and ability to work on a very wide and varied set of topics that keep you there.  The compensation is at the low end of market, the benefits are lacking and completly non competative. There is no mission statement or articulated vision of who they are in the market. The owner is a tyrant who thinks he's benevolent and his shiny new toy partner is making it worse.  Middle management is OK; smart, helpful people who are trying to do the right thing but culture and behaviors come from the top and the top is toxic.

I have worked with the same group for the past fifteen plus years. We all work well together and independently. Our main focus is to meet the needs of our clients with the upmost professionalism. Most of our clients have followed us throughout our business ventures. We recently merged with Cantor Fitzgerald as a division of their Prime Brokerage business for the New York area. I call my office my second home, but I do feel as if my time is slowly coming to an end. Most of what I did for the original company has been moved over to the main office since we merged.

Cantor Fitzgerald provides new employees with little to no job training. It is a high pressure, stressful environment. Employees are not valued. The firm has an open door policy; as quickly as it opens they ask you to leave. It is the most unprofessional environment I've had the horror of working at. It is not an experience I'd recommend to anyone but don't take my word for it. Do your due diligence. There are other sites and many people who would agree with my sentiment. If you do work for CF, I hope your experience is a lot better than at least a dozen people I've met.

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