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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3.0
Jan 19, 2018

A Mixed Bag

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Large company with many business lines and divisions provides great networking and learning opportunities. Good employee engagement events at offices outside of corporate HQ. I ended up in a division with poor management but would highly recommend other groups to potential employees.

Cons

Antiquated IT systems make it hard to keep up with industry peers. Benefits are good but salary is not competitive. Career paths are unclear and there's a lot of HR red tape - it's demoralizing when a promotion is announced but takes six months to actually materialize and doesn't come with a raise. Management sets lofty goals for business lines, but managers fail to help translate these into tangible goals for individual contributors.

1.0
Nov 12, 2017

Manager

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Pros

company growing. Culture was way better few years ago.

Cons

1. employees benefit are not the priority 2. resources overstretched for too long 3. do not put in right budget to hire right people 4. no privacy in work place

1.0
Oct 31, 2017

Disappointing

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work with very interesting companies

Cons

SVB is going through with some major changes. Company laid off some very talented people.

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