Silicon Valley Bank reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(1,426 total reviews)
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Marc Cadieux

80% approve of CEO

51% 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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1K reviews
1.0
Mar 13, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Not anymore - you screwed up lives and retirement for so many employees who stayed loyal to SVB's culture and the success of our clients.

Cons

Many employees had flagged the issues long time ago. When the "Big bank theory" started in 2017, the influx of unqualified people from larger banks was unstoppable. all you needed to do is to have "Wells Fargo" "Capital One" or other few big names on your resume and you would get C-level position at SVB without any qualifications whatsoever. FED never questioned any of that, not in Risk, not in Fraud or Cyber Security, to say the least. The knowledgeable and dedicated employees, who built the bank , were pushed aside by "big wigs" that are nothing but unwanted employees at other banks. Finally, here we are. The incompetent rookies hired more incompetent rookies based on good old boys club and few women and gay to suppress diversity complaints. Ruined the bank for nothing.

2.0
Dec 3, 2018

What will it take to foster change?

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people are willing to roll up their sleeves and do what it takes to get the job done. The company is a good company - and potential for company growth is there. Salary and benefits are good

Cons

Where do I start? I have been here a few years and normally a company gets better - sadly - it’s the opposite. Nepotism has taken a forefront and because of this unskilled people are put into very high roles. These are the people running projects and making decisions - which is very unfortunate since we don’t get paid to churn. The drop in price stock is a painful indicator of how poorly we execute. The only way to move forward is to organize the work, value to talent, and have a solid plan for execution. If things stay the way they are that will never happen. We will continue to run on a few cylinders instead of all of them.

1.0
Nov 29, 2018

Where Tech Careers go to Die

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I am no longer there and don't have to endure the abhorrent culture/lack of culture in the technology organization.

Cons

Too many to mention. If you are a career technologists and think the slightly higher salary and bonus structure are a price worth paying for your once promising career, then sign up now and kiss it all good bye. You will no longer get to have an original thought or a technical opinion in your new role. Enjoy!

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