Intern at US asset management firm says she was rated on a ‘microscopic’ level by a dot system

Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, was running the company when intern Rose was there. — Getty Images/The New York Times

Daria Rose was interning at Ray Dalio’s Bridgwater Associates when her friend threw a plastic water bottle into a regular trash can instead of the recycling bin. The friend got a ping on her report card: someone had witnessed the action and marked her down.

Rose, a Harvard graduate, interned twice at the hedge fund giant in 2017 and 2018 and described the experience as akin to a Black Mirror episode.