Pros
- Benefits are great. That's one of the things truthful about the reviews the HR department has been pumping into Glassdoor the last month or so. (it's a little too obvious) - The people were generally really great to work with. The culture was positive, and you certainly bought into and wanted to own in the success of Mariner. - Building is nice. - You get to learn a lot of different areas and work closely with a lot of varying business segments.
Cons
- Leadership is almost non-existent. Strategy fluctuates day-to-day. Like chasing your tail? You'll never catch it here. - "Collaboration" is a buzzword you hear all the time. At Mariner it translates into indecision and ultimately becomes a drain on productivity. Half your day is spent discussing things you'll never likely do because the focus will shift. - Unqualified individuals in certain leadership roles means that a lot of the decisions made are more "shoot from the hip" than educated decisions based on factual industry/area knowledge. The vision is very short-term, growth focused and they are currently (and will be even more so in the future) paying for the lack of long term vision. - They are a single company comprised of 15-20 individual companies which leads to 15-20 ways of doing things. Rather than mold that into a singular vision, with similar operational procedures the team is responsible for "doing whatever they want" more times than not. It's inefficient, costly, and prone to errors - not to mention the silos that are created within the team. 3 CRM systems, 3-4 trading platforms, 2-3 portfolio management solutions, 3 planning tools, 3 client portals, 2-3 document management products...the list goes on.