My internship at Bridgewater Associates felt like a 'Black Mirror' episode.

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Daria Rose's experience interning at Bridgewater Associates was eye-opening and transformative.

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Ray Dalio went to a Taylor Swift concert, took a selfie, and endorsed her for president

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Ray Dalio in 2018 and Taylor Swift performing in Singapore this year.

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Bridgewater rigged its famous 'believability weighting' system after founder Ray Dalio complained that some employees scored higher than him, book says

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Ray Dalio was less than thrilled that other employees were scoring higher than him on Bridgewater's famous believability weighting measure, according to a new book.

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Bridgewater spent $1 million renovating a 45-foot 'Rockstar Bus' to shuttle employees between the office, bars, and casinos, book says

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Bridgewater's "Rockstar Bus" took staff to bars and casinos, a new book says.

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Bridgewater's employee-rating system tracked even the lowest-paid workers — who could get dinged if the office ran out of soda, a book says

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Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater in 1975. His tactics for managing his staff are the subject of a new book called "The Fund."

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Paranoid Bridgewater employees ventured into the woods to take some calls — until a rumor spread that the company was looking into installing listening devices in the trees, a new book says

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Rob Copeland's new book, "The Fund," details apparent surveillance that caused paranoia among employees at Ray Dalio's hedge fund, Bridgewater.

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See questions from Bridgewater's 'Principles' test, which probed employees on arrogance and whether their colleagues would steal

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Ray Dalio's hedge fund, Bridgewater, is famously strict when it comes to employees' observance of "The Principles."

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An agitated Ray Dalio once ordered an extensive study of urine on the men's room floor at Bridgewater, new book says

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Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio once asked staff to record cleanliness of the men's room to suss out who had left urine on the floor, according to a new book called "The Fund."

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