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      Silicon Valley Bank

      Acquired by First Citizens Bank

      Engaged Employer

      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

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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
      4.0
      Nov 4, 2014

      Generally good but hard to progress if you aren't in the core group

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Benefits package is first class - Social company to work for - Opportunity to travel to US - Great office location

      Cons

      - If you're not in the clicky gang you're going nowhere. - Despite the connection to tech systems are aging and creaky - Now established in UK the culture has got more cut-throat - Office is over-crowded

      1.0
      Nov 3, 2014

      Awful Place to Work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Salary & benefits are what keep people here even though everyone is miserable.

      Cons

      SVB used to be a wonderful place to work back in the days of Ken Wilcox. The bank actually cared about its employees. However since Greg Becker took the reigns, they no longer care about its people - they only care about the bottom dollar and treat its employees as numbers. It's really sad because I used to love this place. I would not recommend working here to anyone .

      3.0
      Oct 20, 2014

      Start-up bank with great culture

      Vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are so many great things about SVB: great benefits, the culture, and the start-up ecosystem. The Bank is well known in the start- ups and venture community; they bank close to 60% or more of the start-ups. You will learn a lot about business development, underwriting and portfolio management.

      Cons

      Politics and favoritism are what is killing the culture that the company built since its founding. Some managers are incompetent, weak and will throw you under the bus. Other than this, most people are pleasure to work with and you will make life long friends.

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