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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4.0
Jul 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

What's better than assisting ultra high potential, cutting edge, venture back companies achieve their goals? The venture capital industry is fascinating and the birthplace of the Google's, Salesforce's, First Solar's, Cisco, etc of the world. The experience is fantastic and the culture is positively good. By financing great companies, the bank themselves surely knows the recipe for success and is achieving it. They also challenge you to achieve higher levels of personal success.

Cons

Given there are multiple offices but limited resources, entry level personnel can be too spread too thinly, leading to lack of recognition and confusion over who manages who and who should report to who.

4.0
Jun 28, 2010

SVB

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-great benefits -decent pay compared to market given the current economy -bonuses are pretty generous depending on how well your group/ the organization does -decent work-life balance depending on workload

Cons

-extremely political and clique-ish -people who suck up to managers move up -generally you are promoted based on who you know, not how you do -managers who don't walk the talk

3.0
May 13, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Silicon Valley Bank offers a good work life balance. It is a leader in its space and knows venture lending.

Cons

I question if it could be a serious competitor outside of venture lending. Nonetheless, it knows the business and seems to be doing well.

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