Nearly killed me - 401k Specialist T. Rowe Price Employee Review

1.0
Nov 14, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

401k was great and a generous espp.

Cons

1. The work is so monotonous it will drive you to insanity. 2. Management is unclear, manipulative and extremely hypocritical. Example: we were told we would be licensed during the interview process after hitting the floor. Once we went live we were told licensing would be provided to those interested and it became this very ambiguous date. Finally they make an announcement that no one would be licensed. Huge waste of time. 3. OVERTIME. This is guaranteed every day. 4. Management and advancement is a mystery. It’s not based on competence, intelligence…. Ambition. The combined personalities of everyone you hated in high school are managers here. 5. We were told we could move out of wise after 1 year of service. Soon completing my 1 year and sending out my applications they sold wise and barred all lateral movement in the company… essentially wasting everyone’s time who had ambitions past wise and forced them to go to FIS.

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Cons

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Cons

Too many bottlenecks to execution; If you’re seeking to make a meaningful impact, don’t expect it fast. Expect to navigate uncertainty while the company claims to help clients do this for their portfolios instead of helping associates to help clients — This is branded fluff for leadership without clear direction, driving teams to waste too much time and energy in meetings and boring demo decks every month to make being busy look like value by being the loudest voice, which is what you’ll notice many of the most tenured associates do best. Slides might look pretty but AI doesn’t make sense of this noise and clients don’t benefit from all the hours spent in PowerPoint. Unclear ownership leads to internal redundancies or team friction, on top of the inconsistent documentation and fragmented data siloes that are ironically impeding readiness for AI mandates coming from the CEO.

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