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

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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1.0
Dec 11, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and good benefits

Cons

Terrible work environment, 100% focused on the craziest left-wing progressive dogmas coming out of California.

3.0
Jun 13, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

supportive colleagues, client focus - much to be proud of - employees go to great lengths for our clients

Cons

Systemic issues impacting hiring practices (nearly zero diversity - executive actually said on a call with the whole company that we didn't fill the role with a diverse candidate because 'I guess we were focused on finding the best candidate'), core values (leaders that don't practice them remain in roles), client focus (which is great) but employees get the table scraps, leaders are able to 'hide' behind employee feedback because there is no mechanism for understanding collectively how everyone really feels about our internal issues - provided the watered down version with little action, current leadership says they want to change but unsure how to and won't hire/take action to hire the diverse executive leadership needed to truly turn the ship - we end up with 'rinse and repeat' every year

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Silicon Valley Bank Response
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Thanks for your candor and speaking up. You are right – SVB needs to do better when it comes to adding more diversity to our ranks and promoting and supporting diverse employees. The executive committee (EC) has received an incredible amount of feedback from employees in the last few weeks about our own actions, what it’s like to be a person of color at SVB, how and when our values are put into practice (and when they are not), and how we could do more as a financial services company and as a leader in the industry to fight for racial justice and equality. The feedback has been unvarnished, honest and direct. And it has been appreciated. You are right, SVB and its leaders on the executive committee do seek more aggressive change. While we may not get every step right, there is a new, stronger commitment from everyone on EC to listen to employees, involve employees in crafting new outreach and thinking, and enact sustainable change at SVB and in our industry and communities.
3.0
Nov 3, 2019

Nervous and unsure, looking at another re alignment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

New people with new ideas Multiple projects New development centre Positions of importance like CPO,CDO have been hired

Cons

Clashes with new and old ideology Confusion over priorities Politically motivated mgmt , IT divided, conflicting priorities

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