Is Fidelity Investments a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Fidelity Investments have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 981 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Fidelity Investments employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Fidelity Investments now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Fidelity Investments .

Does Fidelity Investments pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Fidelity Investments with 3.8 out of 5 stars based on 981 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.6% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Fidelity Investments.

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Fidelity Investments?

86% of Software Developer employees at Fidelity Investments would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 5% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Fidelity Investments with a 4.3 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.1 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Fidelity Investments?

Software Engineer (933) , Customer Relationship Advocate (811) , Financial Representative (496) , Senior Software Engineer (377) , Customer Service Representative (344) , Director (314) , Lead Software Engineer (285) , Intern (278) , Principal Software Engineer (235) , Financial Consultant (223) , Vice President (218) , Investment Solutions Representative (210) , Analyst (203) , Financial Services Representative (182) , Business Analyst (172)

What are the pros of working at Fidelity Investments according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great and Fidelity is making a solid attempt to be more focused on the associate work/life balance." ((in 3254 reviews)); "Work life balance can be good but varies wildly depending on team and manager and is getting worse with in" ((in 1611 reviews)); "The people are great and they do a lot to make the interns feel included and connected" ((in 1076 reviews)); "The Pay was good compared to the S. Ohio / N. Kentucky area as a whole." ((in 816 reviews)); "Leap program is really well structured and work culture is good" ((in 492 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Fidelity Investments according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and Bad bathrooms" ((in 472 reviews)); "Your salary will be low and don't expect yearly raise will even match inflation." ((in 430 reviews)); "Managers have incentivized DEI KPIs for undermining skill and promoting candidates just based on their gender." ((in 389 reviews)); "Did not have sufficient member on my team and was expected to work long hours during busy weeks." ((in 139 reviews)); "Although a female chairman there are not enough women on middle and upper management" ((in 126 reviews))

Fidelity Investments Software Developer reviews

4.0

86% would recommend to a friend

(981 total reviews)

Abby Johnson

88% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated Fidelity Investments with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 981 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Fidelity Investments is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

981 reviews

2.0

May 5, 2017

Filled with monotonous work

Software engineer/developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is great. you will not be pushed for extra hours of work.

Cons

Lack of confident leadership to bring in new solutions and technologies. Lack of vibrant mindset among leaders. Too much of politics. strict dress code policy. huge lack of transparency.

5.0

May 1, 2017

Happy at Fidelity

Software engineer/developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits package is really nice. 7% 401k match, profit sharing, HSA contribution, yearly performance based bonus at Christmas, regular raises, chairman's shares which mature after two years if you do well.

Cons

Organizational structure can be labyrinth. Communication between groups could be improved. Fidelity is currently in the middle of budget cuts to IT.

4.0

Apr 20, 2017

Good Employer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work/life balance. Health insurance, end of year bonus based on performance, flexible benefits

Cons

Slow to innovate. Not great at implementing agile software engineering practices. Collaboration poor between teams, can be a lot of obstacles to getting things done.

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