Plenty of downsides, not bad overall - Senior Associate State Street Employee Review

3.0
Apr 30, 2016
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Pros

- Opportunities to move internally - Vacation time, 401k matching, and benefits are pretty generous - Work hours are fairly predictable, don't often have to work late unexpectedly enabling work/life balance - Good Flex program, ability to work from home, etc. (though not all groups have the same attitude towards Flex) - Lots of internal affinity groups, opportunities to get involved and meet people with similar interests

Cons

- Compensation is not particularly competitive, particularly at the entry-level - Most of the work is pretty repetitive and monotonou - It's a huge company, subject to all the internal bureaucracy and red tape you would expect - Upper management is not particularly visible or accessible to associates - Constant threat of layoffs

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Pros

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Cons

In my previous roles I've never felt burnout but with this one is the first I was feeling crush. I don't think managers take time to structure the tasks on a 8hrs or 10hrs per day. There are a lot of unrealistic expectations, no work-life balance at all. Even if you made the sacrifice to stay late, you will not be done with the work for the day.

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