A service company culture wearing a global company's name - Senior Engineer Northern Trust Employee Review

1.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

1. Leaves are great and flexible, and you can actually take time off when you need it. 2. Your everyday colleagues are super helpful, approachable, and easy to work with.

Cons

1. Indian leadership is totally useless and pathetic. Employees dealing with family issues face toxic taunts about their commitment. Pregnant employees facing health complications are forced by HR to use up their leaves early, pushed onto unpaid leave later, and treated so badly they just quit. 2.A promotion means zero hike on paper. They make false promises about fixing it in the annual appraisal, but you just end up with a measly 2% to 3% increment while dealing with a massive workload. Plus, your salary is locked from any real jump for the next 3 to 4 years because you are technically "promoted." 3. Awards and promotions only go to a select few favorites. Management rarely throws team dinners, and when they do, they act like they are doing you a massive charity. 4. Asking tough questions puts you straight onto a hit list. Managers act like gods and threaten your career with fake PIPs, while HR blindly protects management instead of helping employees. Junior hikes are next to nothing, while managers take home huge bonuses. 5. Installed invasive tools to track your every single minute and run the place with zero trust.

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5.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and work environment

Cons

Nothing that’s too much of a con

2.0
Apr 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice people and a good environment. Benefits are good and the work is interesting. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate NT as a 7. But, it’s typical big corporate crap that hands out 2% raises and minimum bonuses during a good year yet spends $360 million this past quarter buying their stock back.

Cons

Constant reminders to do more with less and cut costs and belt tightening while the execs line their pockets and you maybe get a 2% raise. I could see such actions if the firm was doing bad financially, but they aren’t. Record this and record that for many quarters now. And they walk around patting each other on the back like they all did such a great job when in reality, the markets are up so the value of the assets we manage are up. I’m wondering what sort of actions will happen when the market goes south for several quarters. Oh. And the constant state of surveillance here is BS. Tracking to make sure you are here 3 days a week. Keyboard / mouse / PC tracking systems receding your activity. It’s like a 21st century high tech sweatshop in some ways.

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