Northern Trust reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,455 total reviews)
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Michael OGrady

80% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Northern Trust has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,455 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
2.0
Mar 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Foot in the door. There are gems of people that will help you.

Cons

Pay is bad. Culture is nonexistent. A lot of micromanagement. Success is not recognized.

1.0
Mar 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get a paycheck and some benefits.

Cons

They pay very little compared to other banks. They were very strict with return to office and aren’t flexible for those with families or those who need it. They will promote whoever sucks up the most and not the person who works the hardest. Usually they will promote the workplace bully. And then when someone leaves the team or gets promoted they will put that person’s work load on you without a raise. Management micromanages and even managers you don’t report to will micromanage you. They talk a lot about in person collaboration but then your manager and team will be in a completely different state and all your meetings will be over Teams. This job is not friendly to moms, especially if you have young kids.

2.0
Mar 12, 2026

security

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good benefits, cant think of anything else

Cons

they lay off employee before considering consultants. very uncertain

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