Why work at bridgewater associates

We are shaping our desk for what the future of trading here looks like and that is exciting. It's been inspiring to see all aspects of the company rally around this global challenge to meet our core resiliency goals while caring for each other in creative and unique ways.

Meet more of our people. See all. Our Pioneering Work Culture. Bridgewater aspires to be an idea meritocracy in which radical transparency and believability-weighted decision-making allow the best ideas to prevail. Feedback is frequent and flows in all directions, meetings are recorded and shared, mistake-based learning is encouraged, and everyone is expected to uphold high standards of excellence and personal accountability.

Spotlight on Investment. Our investment team seeks to understand the fundamental drivers of markets and turn that understanding into high quality portfolios and investment advice for our clients.

Spotlight on Technology. Join the team that systematizes and scales our understanding of the world's markets and economies. Meaningful Relationships. Members of the investment team hosted a community service project in partnership with the Fairfield County Child Guidance Center. Every year, more than participants take the plunge and race around our headquarters — running, swimming, and scrumming their way to the finish line. Every summer, a special year anniversary party celebrates those who have been with the company ten years or longer.

Members of Bridgewater's Media team enjoy themselves at our company holiday party. Organized into cohorts, all new hires start their Bridgewater experience with a 3-week training program and come together weeks later to reconnect and solidify the bonds they made during the program. At our "New Vines, Strong Roots" Women's Dinner, our vibrant network of women leaders come together to strengthen their connections and forge new ones.

Fun comes in all forms at our annual holiday party. Bridgewater's Military Veterans group comes together to honor Veteran's Day. Bridgewater's main campus in Westport, Connecticut. Our investment team seeks to understand the fundamental drivers of the world's markets and economies.

In a virtual company event, CEO David McCormick interviews three of our senior investors to discuss our latest research. We value meaningful work and meaningful relationships — unique and lasting bonds forged from purposeful, rigorous work.

During the pandemic, we created an outdoor office solution to allow members of our investment team to collaborate safely. Here's what it's like to work at Bridgewater, where workers are considered "intellectual Navy SEALs" and nearly one-third of new employees quit after a year. Visit BusinessInsider.

The billionaire Ray Dalio runs Bridgewater Associates, the top-performing hedge fund of all time based on returns since its inception. Dalio has avoided public interviews inside Bridgewater, but CBS's "60 Minutes" got an exclusive look into what it's like to work there. The hedge fund is in the woods of Westport, Connecticut, between two fishing rivers. Employees don't follow daily market trends but study policy and history to find patterns that could help predict winning investments.

One of Dalio's principles for running his company is "radical transparency. Instead, employees constantly judge and grade others during meetings. They receive feedback in real time about things like the quality of their analysis or whether their presentation of their findings was clear. Meetings are also "recorded and scrutinized," Dalio said. Employees told The New York Times in that new staff members once watched a video of Dalio and his team challenging a manager to the point of tears.

Dalio also isn't afraid to fire an underperforming employee. He bluntly refers to this principle as "shoot people you love. And in order to do that, there are times that you're going to have to let somebody you love go.

Dalio also believes in paying for the person, not the job.