Worst company I ever worked at! - Anonymous employee Northern Trust Employee Review

1.0
Apr 24, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some managers are nice, some r bad. Not too busy depending on ur team.

Cons

Too many managers that dont do much and there is constant under currents between teams because of bad management from top level. Because top level managers all old and all soon to be retired, they care less and less the closer to their retirement year. Current ceo like the rest only care about feeding himself the big $ and dont care about company. I met old ceo when I joined and he was much nicer person and dedicated person and to be respected. HR dept is just an insect attached to the company they only protect managers not the rest people.

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Cons

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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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