Vanguard reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(6,316 total reviews)

Salim Ramji

76% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Vanguard has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,316 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vanguard 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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6K reviews
1.0
May 5, 2023

Avoid if you have other offers especially in Tech.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good Salary, Benefits and Bonus Can have work-life balance depending on the team.

Cons

Low maturity especially in the UK. Management feels threatened if you know your stuff instead of supporting you. Lack of direction and steer from management. Lot of lifers here who are here for ages as they can’t find a job anywhere else. If your manager is supportive then you will be fine so choose very carefully. You are also expected to do completely different role than the job description so be careful before you pick Vanguard maybe this doesn’t align with your career plan. Be prepared to do the role of at least 3 people, all the people in my team are overworked and unhappy. HR is on a different planet expecting tech people to come in 3 days a week in the office. I would be surprised if any talented people in Data , Developers and Security will join them instead of completion who offer better salary and remote work.

2.0
Jul 21, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- Good company culture - Friendly People - Good ethics - Great work life balance

Cons

- Longstanding issues with terrible direct leader management. Raised multiple times over years but never handled properly. Incompetent, lack of knowledge of the industry, lack of care on anything impacting the team, and incredibly argumentative and defensive. This was very opposite to every other leader in ops and a shame as the company as a whole is good, and I found a very good role models in other leaders. Wish the issues the team had raised were taken more seriously as long pent up frustration led to me needing to leave.

3.0
Dec 30, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Most people are friendly Great pension

Cons

No clear path for development - particularly for the young population at the company. Things do not move quickly at this company and there is a clear role of favouritism when managers are selecting who they'd like to promote.

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