Is Northern Trust a good company to work for?

Northern Trust has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 6,921 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at Northern Trust to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Northern Trust have been left by employees working as Business Analyst , Associate and Intern .

Does Northern Trust pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Northern Trust employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Northern Trust. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Northern Trust?

67% of Northern Trust employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Northern Trust 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Northern Trust?

Analyst (701) , Senior Analyst (587) , Financial Analyst (299) , Consultant (250) , Technical Coordinator (217) , Vice President (177) , Team Leader (143) , Senior Consultant (125) , Fund Accountant (91) , Senior Financial Analyst (89) , Associate Consultant (67) , Manager (63) , Intern (61) , Second Vice President (54) , Senior Vice President (53)

What are the pros of working at Northern Trust according to real employee reviews?

"Work life balance is good for some and ok for others" ((in 793 reviews)); "Good culture and Equality." ((in 538 reviews)); "some great people that try very hard but a lot of time let down by managers." ((in 375 reviews)); "Good Benefits and training hybrid work schedule" ((in 364 reviews)); "Work culture is good but it depends a lot on the process and team you get into." ((in 275 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Northern Trust according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and difficult to get promoted" ((in 373 reviews)); "Low salary increases if you stay on the same team for extended periods of time." ((in 290 reviews)); "Certain departments have poor management and there is dead weight that needs to go" ((in 287 reviews)); "Low pay and bonus for the work taken from us" ((in 106 reviews)); "Sometimes fails to recognise that a manager is bad with people" ((in 105 reviews))

What are employees saying about Northern Trust layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Northern Trust layoffs and their outlook for job security at Northern Trust in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Northern Trust locations?

Chicago , Tempe , Miami , New York , Phoenix , Los Angeles , Stamford , Atlanta , Dallas , Houston , Tampa , San Diego , West Palm Beach , Boston , Jersey City , Scottsdale , Naperville , Washington , Newport Beach , San Francisco , North Chicago , Kansas City , Arizona City , Grand Rapids , Denver , Seattle , Philadelphia , Fort Lauderdale , Naples , Chicago

Northern Trust reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(6,450 total reviews)

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 6,450 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

1.0

Feb 28, 2019

TOXIC environment

Human resources analyst

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are good but nothing else.

Cons

Culture & management is terrible. So many toxic employees who are looked at as *star* employees and get a pass from management to do whatever they want. A specific senior analyst on my team bullies everyone else and always creates tension by acting passive aggressive. Management will not do anything about it even though there has been many complaints. Management only cares about metrics and does not listen. One on one meetings are pointless. I cannot wait to leave, so much turnover recently as well. At first I thought the culture & management here was great.....what a joke.

1.0

Jun 18, 2013

Worst place I've ever worked in my life

Senior vice president

Recommend

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Pros

If all you want to do is dress up nice and brown-nose, you can probably cruise for years here. Could be a decent start for a young grad for a couple years.

Cons

Where do I start... passive-aggressive culture, in-bred, rewards conformance, not performance. In 26 years of banking, working at a number of large institutions, I have never experienced such a horrible culture like that at Northern Trust. At senior levels, it is brutally political, usually for no good reason. Northern Trust = Hunger Games

2.0

Jul 16, 2018

Land Before Time

Senior analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Decent benefits such as time-off and 401k, on par with other banks most departments easy work-life balance some departments have flex work, wfh 3 days etc. (some, not all) mostly nice co-workers, not super high stress some on-site daycare and other family-friendly privileges some in-house training somewhat respected investment house/brand not a shady bank like Wells or BofA, ethical at least decent maternity/paternity leave (on par with other banks)

Cons

below average pay and bonuses (well known) ancient tech, 10 years behind industry ancient work-force, dont bother here if you're young Hedge Fund Services team a mess (avoid this department) Tech a mess, fired CTO recently Risk Management dept is a meat grinder, people crying into conference phones to their families late at night (this actually happened) no growth opportunity, replaced CEO recently due to profitability problems dying and boring industry (custodial banking) 3rd place in 3 horse race (BNY & State Street ahead of Northern) useless HR, just watches talent walk out the door mainly due to bad managers stressful risk management, under-staffed, under-managed close to zero tuition reimbursement more and more jobs going outside of Chicago HQ (Arizona, Phillipines, India, etc.) Significant % work-force outside Chicago, barely a Chicago bank anymore really

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