BNY Mellon - Innovation Center (ICSV) - Engineer BNY Employee Review

1.0
Oct 2, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance Flexibility to work from home

Cons

- Innovation Center is not at all innovative. Head of the silicon valley center has made it clear that the priority is delivery, not innovation. This is yet another development center, with added complexity of a very inexperienced leader. - Work gets thrown from the head quarter to silicon valley, with no ownership. Everybody wants "Silicon Valley" to solve all their problems, but they are not willing to let Silicon Valley center own anything. - Meetings ! Lots of Meetings !! Absurdly vague meetings starting at 5 am in the morning. No conclusions, or action items come out of any of these meetings. - Micromanagement is probably a pre-requisitve of the leaders here. From the top leader CIO to the managing directors, none trusts their employees to do their job. - Nepotism and biases towards a handful of people create a toxic environment for others. - The only goal is to hire more employees, more numbers. When there are client visits, everyone is instructed to show up to work and be at their desks, in formal clothes.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

Bonuses and salary raises are hugely dependent on who you know in the senior management and how they perceive you rather than what you actually delivered.

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