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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

      (1,428 total reviews)
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      Marc Cadieux

      81% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Senior management

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      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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      1K reviews
      3.0
      Apr 6, 2017

      Competitive and free-wheeling 'star' culture

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If you're independent and resourceful (and resilient) and can spend as much time building internal alliances and promoting your personal brand as you do in market generating new business - you will be successful here. If on the other hand you succceed more with mature infrastructure, business process, and general management... you may have difficulty at SVB, which is experiencing growing pains.

      Cons

      For a bank their size, they are at least 10-years behind in business process, IT investment (internal automation / collaboration / data management and client facing applications) and client experience management, which impacts every department.

      4.0
      Dec 20, 2015

      Good corporate culture but questionable compensation practises

      Vice president finance
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Benefits (health insurance, paid time off), Corporate culture, Pay for performance organization

      Cons

      Limited opportunities in offices that are not east or west coast based, base salary lower than industry average, more scalable systems and resources

      4.0
      Oct 14, 2015

      Like no other bank

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      SVB definitely has a strong client service orientation; for the most part, employees seek to do the right things to improve the client experience. The bank, while growing fast, is still small enough for someone to meet professionals across all functions and get good exposure with CEO and the Steering Committee.

      Cons

      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.

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