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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

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      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
      3.0
      Aug 28, 2017

      Culture changed for the worse

      Vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Over the last 4 years the org has developed a great culture - Benefits package is aligned to market - Some talented staff and a company with ambition

      Cons

      - The awesome culture developed by the Board over the last three / four years has now completely evaporated across Global Services which is driven by leadership resulting in a hugely unhappy workforce across all levels. - Hugely aggressive, policical and huge bully (increasing) culture common practice and encouraged across Global Services which sucks and is now almost accepted as normal / acceptable business practice. - Core systems are poor. - Career suicide to join SVB GS at present unless you have a background at Visa and a 'yes' man

      2.0
      Apr 29, 2017

      The IT- Digital Banking team has basically turned into a circus

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good compensation and benefits Good office space all over the bay area Provide resources to train yourself Genuinely want to help their clients

      Cons

      IT management has no clue, hired a bunch of talented engineers for an Agile transformation that had fail written all over it from day one. IT middle management is powerless and forced to blindly follow the head who's ideas are impractical Top IT leadership refuse to acknowledge and appreciate people from within the company It would be a career suicide to join the Online Digital team within IT. It is directionless, visionless and ownerless

      2.0
      Jun 7, 2017

      Down and to the right...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working with some truly innovative technology companies

      Cons

      Recent changes in organization and work flow have led to unrealistic expectations and mountains of work. Forget work life balance. SVB's previously unique culture is changing for the worse. General sentiment across lending teams in Northern California is dissatisfaction resulting in high turnover and attrition. Working 60 hours a week is the new normal. Management better pay attention because employees are stressed and unhappy.

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