Approach With Caution; Hope For a Good Department - Anonymous employee BNY Employee Review

2.0
Jun 5, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are honestly pretty solid, and there's an active interest at a company wide level to give back to the community. Employees, in general, are encouraged to volunteer their time and resources to help their local communities. Broadly, the company has great goals, and a great vision for the future.

Cons

When it comes down to the pursuit of the vision on a more localized level, individual departments can and do falter at a very noticeable level. Poor management and poor leadership can create situations where work-life balance becomes a dream, and Sacrifice For the Needs of the Client becomes the mantra of the department. From a personal perspective, it's driven out a lot of good employees, with few replacements and too late to make a difference.

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Pros

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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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