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      Northern Trust

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      Northern Trust reviews

      3.6

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (6,451 total reviews)
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      Michael OGrady

      80% approve of CEO

      61% positive business outlook

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      Northern Trust has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,451 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Northern Trust employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      6K reviews
      4.0
      Apr 6, 2016

      Don't die in your cubicle, no one will find you for three weeks

      Project manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Good area of the city Contract talent is usually good and smart Methodology is consistent Good work life balance

      Cons

      Lifers who are passing the time to pension. There are literally people who do Soduku all day. Management spends more time CYA than actual work Resistant to new ideas and technology What takes 30 minutes if a technology firm will take 2 months at NT (not making this up) Major churn on talent. Contractors can only work 18 months

      3.0
      Feb 6, 2016

      Unpaid & overworked. Elitist,out of touch management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Generally nice people but some arrogant sobs, just like any other financial services co. Most areas are flexible with work-life issues.

      Cons

      Pay & total compensation woefully low vs competitors. Ineffective leadership/management. Wasteful spending on non-productive projects to stroke management egos. Management brags about corporate giving to charities and pushes for employee engagement. Yet they continue making millions while effectively cutting employee pay while ramping up the workload and don't mention anything about what they are giving up. Elitist and out of touch!

      2.0
      Jan 15, 2016

      A lot of talk, not much action

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work/life balance options are generally very good. There are flex schedule and work from home options available to most employees. Benefits are generally good, although they have been scaled back recently. Very few companies offer a pension anymore, but Northern does.

      Cons

      NT's management has only one focus - satisfying Wall Street. The only pervasive goal within the company is hitting ROI targets. There are plenty of platitudes and corporate sloganeering, but ultimately the company has no interest in excellence in anything. Keeping costs low is the primary driver throughout the company. This leads to behind-the-curve technology and poorly executed or unfinished projects. Employee engagement does not extend past a yearly survey and employee development is non-existent. The general solution to poor project performance is to add more layers of management rather than address resourcing problems or adjust approach to be more practical. Most of the values and slogans ring hollow.

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