Pros
-Northern is a place where you can gain experience in the financial industry -Front office roles in banking and investment management at Northern Trust can stack up with most other banks -The company has a distinguished history and is respected in the industry -You could potentially work abroad -Good Chicago loop location -Investment operations work can lead to an external investment consulting analyst or wealth management job after a couple of years, if you keep learn about markets and investing while at Northern and present your experience the right way
Cons
-Low pay, raises of 1% or less for everyone I worked with regardless of performance -Low morale, jaded employees are the norm -Lack of professional middle managers, my manager and assistant manager were demeaning bullies who did little work and managed with passive-aggressive emails -Most managers in my department had open cases filed against them with HR for harassment but with no action taken -High turnover -Scant, informal training for many employees -Little career direction or support -Investment operations (which is most of the organization) work is dry at best -Sausage factory: severe, assembly line environment