Pros
A handful of people came to work with good attitudes
Cons
FactSet is an unfortunate case of what you see isn’t always what you get. For a company that touts a great place to work and its diversity, there were only a handful of BIPOC in North America in my 5 years, and even fewer women or BIPOC in leadership positions. In my time I was told I was a mediocre contributor, that I was replaceable, and was told to stay in my line when I wanted to achieve more. I didn’t trust upper management, the product, the clients, or the recruitment team to change the massive hiring issues. If you’re not a ‘chosen one’ your career is stunted from the beginning, and my door was blocked on the way out. I was threatened and told I’d never amount to anything and didn’t know how good I had it. FactSet was a brutally damaging beginning to my career and I was in utter shock to find that other tech companies valued my opinions and encouraged my work. I cannot in good faith ever recommend that anyone work for FactSet.