Reasons not to bother with DTCC - Senior Developer DTCC Employee Review

1.0
Nov 26, 2009
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Pros

It's a place for people who want a 9 to 5 job and not a career. It's not a competitive place to work, so it's stress free in that sense. People mostly do their job, then go home. The company is obessed with wanting to find out why its employees are not happy. For years, an employee survey was conducted every 6 months. The company uses consultants in India to do most of the hard work that full-time developers/managers in NY can't or don't care to do.

Cons

It's not a competitive place to work. The problem is that people who are aggressive but not competent make it to manager/team lead/director positions. Then, in those positions they make manipulatable employees or consultants do all the hard or boring work while they just ride the wave and take all the credit with the higher ups. People seem generally to spend a huge amount of energy defending their own little spheres of influence. There's a lot of cover your ass emails due mainly to all the in-house fighting between groups run by the aggressive incompetent managers. The company started a process team to establish a project management process a few years back. The person, who somehow got promoted to lead that job, creates processes without ever consulting people who have done project management for decades. Then he tries to scare everyone into following the process and says things like "If you don't want to do it, just tell Bill why you don't want to do it. Here's his number." Bill is the company's COO. Human Resources is filled with inexperienced morons and one day they will be experienced morons. They have no clue how to guide developers up the career ladder - mainly because they haven't created a clear career path for positions in the company. Also, there's a lot of tension between the older generation and the younger generation of workers and HR is doing nothing about it.. There's so much accounting misrepresentation. Project Managers use charge codes like monopoly money to keep track of project costs. There's little goverance over that. The reality is that if dtcc had competitors, it would go out of business within months. A lot of the company's disfunction comes from the fact that it's practically a monopoly in most of the businesses it's in. The company is very top heavy.

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Pros

Internal Audit's work is meaningful and provides strong exposure across risk, technology and operations. Audits tend to focus on areas that truly matter from a regulatory and risk perspective, so you're not just checking boxes. There is a genuinely strong team culture. Colleagues are competent, collaborative, and willing to help, with a good mix of experience levels that make it a solid environment for learning. There is also clear investment in employee development. Managers often have regular career discussions, and there are ongoing efforts around training, including newer areas like AI tools and capabilities. Recognition is present, and people are generally acknowledged for strong performance. Overall, it's a strong place to build audit fundamentals, gain exposure to innovation initiatives, and develop credibility within financial services / internal audit.

Cons

Internal Audit's workload is consistently high, not just during peak periods. It's common to juggle multiple audits with overlapping deadlines, alongside continuous monitoring and other responsibilities, which can make it difficult at times. Processes can be very documentation heavy and sometimes feel rigid, which is expected in a highly regulated environment but can reduce efficiency. A significant amount of time can go into formatting, reviewing and aligning work papers to methodology. Some workflows remain manual, which adds to the overall pressure and limit efficiency.

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