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      Silicon Valley Bank

      Acquired by First Citizens Bank

      Engaged Employer

      Silicon Valley Bank reviews

      4.0

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (1,426 total reviews)
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      Marc Cadieux

      82% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

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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).

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      1K reviews
      5.0
      Jun 18, 2014

      Recall the CIO!

      Applications support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      SVB has great product, most innovative debt financing portfolios, and has a lot do focus on pay for performance.

      Cons

      The CIO is able to say all the Buzz words (culture, transformation, game changing) without any substances or depth. If you are looking for a broken recorder than repeats what's wrong but doesn't have strategy nor ability to rally the team to fix them, you got the right lady. IT spending is at all time high, so much money wasted with no result. Surprisingly I year after being part of IT, she can still talk about IT issues as if she is an outsider. Absolutely no demonstration of ownership nor accountability.

      2.0
      Dec 27, 2022

      Immature Risk Management Program

      Senior risk analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Generous base pay + annual bonus. - Interesting mission and given lots of industry insight. - "Unlimited" PTO.

      Cons

      - Immature/non existent Risk Management processes encourages lots of work with tight deadlines; poor WLB. - Unpleasant director fostered a toxic work environment. - Unorganized, chaotic and feels like a start up. - Huge influx of new employees makes for a choppy working culture I was unlucky to have had supported a malicious director, exclusively. Perhaps I would've stayed if I had an opportunity to get out from under them. This was all shared in my exit interview.

      2.0
      Nov 6, 2022

      Strong culture, but weak organization and ability to deliver

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I was part of the CTO org for over 3 years and SVB has a healthy and vibrant culture. The leaders are speaking the same language and lead with empathy and warmth.

      Cons

      Enterprise Architecture (EA) used to be driven by outcomes until the Chief Architect came from USAA. The Chief Architect brought with at him at least 8 of USAA acolytes. This has literally and immediately polluted the EA practice to pure political puppeteer-ing. During routine meetings, the Chief Architect speaks for you even if he did not even help with the prep, and he has a tendency to take over the core conversations. This is killing both trust and willingness to speak out for his team. Also, the format of the presentations seems to be more important than the outcomes delivered. Creating barriers between architects, impeding collaboration across the org, and favoritisms are fluorishing. If this is what you are thinking EA is all about then SVB is the place for you. Promotions from within are almost unheard of. Decisions are made behind your back, and just communicated to you.

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