State Street reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(10,484 total reviews)
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Ronald O’Hanley

69% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

State Street has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 10,484 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The State Street 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
Jan 10, 2011
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Pros

Best reason to work for State Street is the free gym membership and the canteen which serves low price meals. I guess the communication is good and they do have some good programs. The people are ok to work with however our department lost a lot of experienced employees due to other companies offering more money. State Streets answer was to do nothing and not adjust the pay structure. This has led a number of staff questioning if they will remain at State Street after the bonus is handed out. If they pay rise and bonus is poor, I can see that State Street revolving door to keep on spinning.

Cons

Poor pay that does not get reviewed with Market standards. Most employees paid £4-5k what they would usually get elsewhere. Poor Bonus despite our CEO telling us we are showing record profits and this is confirmed by articles in newspapers about how poor the bonus structure is. Our management structure is poor, whereby people promoted are not really known to be good managers. I would say possibly 2/3 out of 8 managers you can have are poor, lack direction and dont know what the word support means.

2.0
Jan 8, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, low barrier to entry, laid back work environment, ability to "work from home", nice location. Repetitive work is soothing...

Cons

Promotions based on seniority instead of ability and initiative. Incompetent middle management. Illegal immigrant farm workers receive a higher salary.

2.0
Jan 6, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

State street is a good place to start your career, but I would recommend using the company at a stepping stone.

Cons

State street has limited oppertunites, no pressure is put on employees who do the minimum to step up all the pressure is put on people who kill themselfs to get work done!

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