Not a good employer at all - Anonymous employee Piper Sandler Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The only good thing, I guess, I could recall that it was location of the building (downtown of Minneapolis) very close to everything.

Cons

Not a good company to work for. First, compensation probably the lowest I've seen in comparable firms. I'm making at least 70% more now doing pretty much the same level job in operations in another bank. Second, management to say it politely, not the brightest and only interested in their own compensation and benefits. Treatment of team members is very poor sometimes even insulting. One of my former co-workers asked if he can have a personal business card issued for him. Manager just laughed him in a face. Most management is promoted not because of hard work but because of the favoritism. Not diverse environment at all. Many managers didn't even have a college degree. After they were bought by UBS they laid off pretty much all their operations.

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2.0
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Pros

It's nearly impossible to get fired. After many years, the IT department has hired a diverse team. Coworkers were intelligent and ethical.

Cons

Unusual that, until after Covid, the IT department was about 95% Caucasian, but now the diversity seems to be due to the ability to lower salaries, and worsen work/life balance. Management will only promote yes-people, or hire from the outside. It's akin to working in IT in 1990s, there is little process or structure. Laptops weren't given to IT until after Covid (yes you read that right), and when they were handed out, they were the used laptops from revenue generating departments that had been upgraded. It was a very chaotic environment.

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