Silicon Valley Bank reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,428 total reviews)
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Marc Cadieux

81% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Silicon Valley Bank has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,428 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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2.0
Aug 27, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Outstanding benefits Competitive pay Good in a niche market Has done very well in a bad market

Cons

Middle management progressively going from bad to worst Major down trending of employee moral and management not able or willing to do anything about it Senior Management team made of good, smart people but are ultimately responsible for trend of employee dissatisfaction Erratic cost cutting measures. (Catch the bus from the airport to your room at the W) Bizarre Mom & Pop review process that unnecessarily time consuming and complicated. Does not scale well to large organisations VERY bloated IT department for the size of the company. Has the mentality of throwing money and outsourcing at the problem The Bank wants very badly to have the prestige of being one of "the best places to work" but is not willing to focus resource to keep it As others have mentioned before, favoritism is alive and raging in the company as never before. If you "drink the kool-aid" and swallow your ethics you can really go places

2.0
May 30, 2012

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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Benefits Flexible work schedule for the most part Some good people Good Team environment for the most part

Cons

Incompetent Managers Favoritism Some Bad people Some people pretend to be your friend and then turns around and throws you under the bus! HR group defends their management people rather than the employees.

1.0
Jan 25, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Easy commute Able to telecommute Great location Great people (co-workers)

Cons

Schizophrenic management team Sophomoric boys' club attitude in managers from CEO down

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