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3.6

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,270 total reviews)
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Seth Bernstein

75% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

AllianceBernstein has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,270 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AllianceBernstein employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
3.0
Oct 25, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Challenging projects, sometimes, the people challenge me in a good way. The place is large enough to do big things, but small enough that an individual can make an impact. The new CEO, Peter Kraus, after a rough introduction in the worst of times, has truly made a positive impact (this from someone who was quite skeptical about him at the beginning). There appears to be an honest attempt at the top to make the company a good one at which to work.

Cons

Management shows complete indifference to workers (except in the money). There is no concept of protection of work life balance, no attempt to facilitate (or worse, not even a passing interest in) my professional growth or the growth of people like me. While some colleagues challenge in a positive way, some are undermining and destructive, and management is either completely unaware or intentionally ignoring the corrosiveness this creates.

2.0
Oct 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Great work/life balance -Excellent Pantry -No job stress -Looks good on resume

Cons

-The pay is below average for the market. San Antonio is the back office so pay is generally expected to lower, but it is low to those standards. -Low Employee morale -subpar benefits (small amount of vacation days and poor 401k match) -HR "smart goals" nonsense semi-annually -Teamwork / Collaborative culture is fake. Managers are unaware of day to day events causing uneven workloads and laziness. -Very high turnover

1.0
Oct 23, 2014

Don't do it

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Known for their research, AB has some very smart people on board.

Cons

AB is a totally political and dysfunctional environment. No one will speak up, even SVP level and above, on what really goes on. It is an elitist group of people who have lost their sense of humanity and are running scared. You will only get promoted if you are in senior management's inner circle and everyone knows it. It is a cut throat and throw you under the bus environment. There 10 years one day, gone the next. With all that said, they don't even pay competitively and there is no work life balance because they have scaled back and cut so many costs that the organization is too lean and has no support. Peter Kraus needs to go.

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