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 261 reviews)); "some really great people genuinely aligned with the bank's purpose" ((in 141 reviews)); "Benefits are great and overall they treat their employee well." ((in 125 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 78 reviews)); "Good Pay and well treated" ((in 59 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 17 reviews)); "Senior management are cliquey and have their favourites." ((in 15 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

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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

3.0

Sep 1, 2015

Applicants beware

Administrative assistant iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

SVB Capital has a great benefits package for full-time employees. Compensation is competitive with other VC firms. Managing Partners are great at what they do.

Cons

Managing Partners at SVB Capital have no people management or leadership skills. The business unit culture is not congruent with the culture of the company as a whole. They do not value their support staff which results in high turnover and low team morale. Demands and expectations are often conflicting and unclear. The business unit has been around for 15 years and still operates like a startup. There is no standard operating procedures for day-to-day tasks. If you have any opinions, keep them to yourself because the MPs will later use them against you. If you are a woman, expect to hear sexist remarks. The running joke within the building is SVB Capital is where happiness goes to die.

3.0

Mar 3, 2015

Great growth company, not so good for IT career right now.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good business model, great brand and strategy, well established in the technology start-up and growth sector. Decent compensation and benefits, feels less of bank and more of a start-up. Culture rewards risk taking.

Cons

Business stakeholders do not have capability to convert the company vision to strategic initiatives or stick to them. Lot of decisions are based on perceptions and not well thought out. IT is badly broken. It was in decent shape till mid-2013 when a new CIO was hired for transformation after the prior CIO left. The new CIO proved to be a fatal experiment and managed to dismantle the org, demotivate almost everyone, increased budget without output, and create a no accountability culture. COO is currently managing IT, and the situation is getting worse as there is genuine leadership vaccum in IT. Not a great place to be if you are looking for a growing career.

1.0

Mar 16, 2012

Do not work here

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The staff are wonderful, try hard, care, and are like family. Everyone works 80+ hours to get the job done.

Cons

This is for IT Project Management. They have a "framework" that is "flexible". But when you try to deviate from the framework, they say you can't do it. The framework has "stage gates" that impede on project delivery. If one document isn't completed, you fail your stage gate and progress cannot continue. They require live signatures, then you physically scan the document, and save it on a shared drive. Ever heard of esignatures and SharePoint?!? I felt like I was working for a company back in 1980, not "Silicon" Valley Bank. Then they generate a "red" list for every project that is late, even though the process was the one that made it late. And the list is frequently incorrect with the wrong PM assignment on it. If you miss one milestone, management will come down hard on you with a series of meetings all the while, you told management three months ago of the issue and they did nothing about it. FINGER POINTING CULTURE. Some people work from home or work alternative schedules but when you ask to work from home because someone died or you have the flu, the answer is no. Inconsistent policies. Worse, after all this, they frequently have announcements like "good news, I took away one required doc you have to fill out" "but I added four new ones you have to do". What kind of good news is that? Then they "grandfather" required documents "starting today and for all project three years ago". So resources scramble to meet the audit instead of focusing on delivering the project. Again, management comes down on you for working overtime or not meeting your dates when they are the obstacle to begin with. It's a no win situation. I've not learned anything during my time there that is marketable. It was a waste of my career progression.

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