Long working hours and poor work-life balance - Hedge Fund Accountant BNY Employee Review

3.0
Oct 17, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good teammates. Benefits are fine. Place for individual growth. Possible promotions.

Cons

Bad work-life balance. Low salary. Employees expected to stay overtime. Poor management: too many tasks for insufficient number of people in the team. A lot of routine work, which stays not automated for many years. Not enough flexibility in working hours. Strict control of office attendance: in the last months it was needed to inform manager about the time you go to office and leave.

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Pros

There is real opportunity for career and skill growth. The company runs short on head count, so people willing to take on more responsibilities have avenues to progress. However, you will need to force the issue for promotions & large salary increases after you prove your capabilities. Realistically it'll take an external counteroffer to move the needle.

Cons

It's a large bank and you're a number in the system. If your NPV is positive you'll stay, else you'll be laid off. This includes both scenarios you control and those you don't. Ex. You control your performance, in office time and networking You don't control if your location is a strategic growth site, if a major client goes with a competitor, or if you'd be impacted by a general company-wide layoff plan.

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