Silicon Valley Bank reviews

Nice place to work if you are not "too nice" and only if you have a "bitter beer face". Middle management was over crowded by women that think they knew it all. Fired people that had been at the bank for many years without a chance to redeem themselves. Best way to stay for as long as you want at SVB. Come in at 8am sit all day at your desk (dont get up) leave at 5pm. dont call in sick or socialize. doesnt even matter if your work sucks, as long as you are there you will be fine.

While the company has brought in a lot of experienced technical and mid-management staff in the past few years to help scale the business, there are still some "home grown" managers who have not been able to keep pace with the business. CEO is commonly regarded as aloof, or indifferent -- I don't think that is true... I think he genuinely cares about the staff and culture at SVB. However, he is very deferential to his direct reports in operations and IT, to the point where it looks like he is abdicating responsibility -- it would be nice to see him lead with a vision across all functions.