Is Silicon Valley Bank a good company to work for?

Silicon Valley Bank has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,635 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 75% of employees would recommend working at Silicon Valley Bank to a friend and 53% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Silicon Valley Bank have been left by employees working as Associate I , Senior Associate and Client Service Advisor .

Does Silicon Valley Bank pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Silicon Valley Bank employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Silicon Valley Bank. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Silicon Valley Bank?

75% of Silicon Valley Bank employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Silicon Valley Bank 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Silicon Valley Bank?

Associate (112) , Vice President (68) , Director (64) , Senior Associate (35) , Managing Director (26) , Intern (25) , Software Engineer (25) , Manager (23) , Senior Software Engineer (23) , Analyst (16) , Relationship Advisor (16) , Client Service Advisor (15) , Product Manager (13) , Business Analyst (12) , Senior Manager (12)

What are the pros of working at Silicon Valley Bank according to real employee reviews?

"SVB has a great culture and stands behind their employees with the exception of their new CIO Beth Devin." ((in 255 reviews)); "some really great people genuinely aligned with the bank's purpose" ((in 145 reviews)); "Benefits are great and overall they treat their employee well." ((in 122 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 76 reviews)); "Good Pay and well treated" ((in 57 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Silicon Valley Bank according to real employee reviews?

"Just work hard and earn trust of senior leadership" ((in 30 reviews)); "Bad managers that feel entitled" ((in 24 reviews)); "Salary less than competitive" ((in 18 reviews)); "Senior management are cliquey and have their favourites." ((in 13 reviews)); "Middle management is horrific, at best." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about Silicon Valley Bank layoffs in 2026?

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

What are the top reviewed Silicon Valley Bank locations?

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Silicon Valley Bank reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,426 total reviews)

Marc Cadieux

82% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (1,426 reviews)

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Silicon Valley Bank has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,426 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Silicon Valley Bank employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

2.0

Mar 16, 2019

micromanagement and political

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefit and good company

Cons

manager been promoted without management skills, too much political and not fun place and diversity in the engineering team

2.0

Jun 26, 2018

Odd Place to work, not a real "Bank"

Commercial banking/deal team

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Relaxed culture - completely relaxed pace of work and in some cases, considerable amounts of over-staffing and over-promotion, leading to random VP's watching youtube, and online shopping all day long. The VP title is handed out faster than anywhere else, in my 10+ year career.

Cons

Considerable amount of favoritism amonst managers. If you aren't 100% compatible and the same (in the sense of style, preferences, skin color, etc.) as the rest of your team, they will be dimly but ever so slightly judged for it. Everyone is over enthusiastic about the firm but in reality it is just a commerical bank, not an prestigious Investment bank.

2.0

Apr 30, 2018

Needs a lot of work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It’s a faced pace company wanting to push boundaries both in lending and in IT. On paper the company looks great. Things are moving fast and seems like a lucrative place to work.

Cons

One of the biggest issues is with the leaders. There’s bad management at the top and, well bad leaders bring in more bad leaders. It went from a fun place to work to, let’s overwork the employees instead. People leave, roles get consumed by existing employees, but help doesn’t arrive because management feels that a manager is better than having the actual workers to do the job. They cut head count after someone leaves and they don’t backfill. Instead new roles and leaders in other departments get created within orgs but what about the missing headcount? Does exec leadership care about the issues? Nope. This company needs to fix the environment the top leaders portray, as a copecetic environment to the rest of the business, that actually doesn’t exist for the workers at the bottom. It’s pretty much a sweat shop but you learn a lot? I guess?

Silicon Valley Bank Response

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First, let me says thanks for your candid feedback. Yes, SVB is a fast paced company and we are experiencing rapid growth. With that growth comes a need to hire and retain the best employees. We heard loud and clear from our recent employee engagement survey that SVBers need more support to keep pace with our growth. We’re increasing our growth investments of systems and people and looking to hire across the board – we currently have more than 350 open requisitions. We’re aiming to hire and integrate new employees quickly, but of course this does take time in a competitive job market. Where we’re missing it in terms of living our values around the environment for employees at all levels, I welcome that conversation. Please also know that the Executive Committee cares about SVB employees. It’s why we underwrite roughly 80% of benefits costs, provide a company home loan benefit, offer an employee stock ownership component to our 401(k) savings plan, and year-over-year fund our bonus pool at a multiple. Does offering a highly competitive total rewards package serve SVB’s needs? Of course; no doubt about it. Equally so, however, is the motivation around why we do this and the answer is simple: we really do care about our employees. Please know you can always reach out to me, your manager, or a member of the Executive Committee directly.

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