Chatham Financial reviews

3.5

38% would recommend to a friend

(198 total reviews)
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Matt Henry and Michael Bontrager

50% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Chatham Financial has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 198 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Chatham Financial 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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198 reviews
5.0
Mar 18, 2025
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Pros

Chatham has been undergoing significant org transition over the past year, in addition to bringing in new leaders from the outside, to better orient for future. Quality bar is very high. CEO has a good vision and they are executing on it. Leaders are kind, supportive and knowledgeable in their areas. Opportunity to own equity in company. Clients are appreciative and regularly cite Chatham as one of their most trusted service providers.

Cons

Client-driven projects means it can be demanding at times.

2.0
Mar 11, 2025

Stagnation is incentivized

Recommend
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Pros

- Technical and niche areas of expertise. Interesting to learn for the first 12-18 months. - Many great people with interesting career backgrounds.

Cons

- Chatham views themselves as “trusted advisors” to clients. To clients Chatham is simply another dispendable vendor that will likely be replaced internally by AI. - No coherent management or people development philosophy. - Senior Leadership is completely out of touch with the day to day work that is required for client deliverables. - The phrase “titles don’t matter” is used as a mechanism to stagnate careers.

1.0
Mar 7, 2025

Pockets of good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are parts of the organization where teams still work collaboratively together to serve clients and bring value.

Cons

Over the last three years there has been a drastic shift within the organization. Specifically in the way leaders treat staff members and the cultural goals (adding transparency, advocating for fair financial markets). There are no leaders at Chatham, only managers. Individuals who have been with the organization have been risen into Managing Director roles yet have no ability to grow talent, provide meaningful feedback, or challenge the status quo. As long as they keep getting paychecks, they will continue to serve themselves and actively work to keep others down. This has contributed to ceiling at Chatham in roles, responsibilities, and income potential. Chatham no longer can justify lower compensation and minimal flexibility as it acts just like any other corporation. Unfortunately, it seems that the goal is to simply set the company up for a sale in 5-10 years to profit the C-suite.

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