Northern Trust reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(6,457 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 6,457 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
Feb 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company pension and working with some nice people.

Cons

Pay is poor. Work can be boring and very little scope to progress.

2.0
Feb 17, 2026

Overall experience

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very nice updated building to work in with a great view but this would be one of the few pros to working for this company.

Cons

Pay scale was extremely unfair/ low based on work load and in comparison peers. Will cross train you and have you responsibilities for multiple different functions so they don’t have to pay another salary but will not compensate you fairly based off your work load and ability to perform multiple different positions. Amount of bonus was the lowest percentage you can imagine yearly. Also noticed upper management seems to target any individual who has FMLA

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