Pros
There are some pros to working at Northern. If you come in at a more senior level above vice president you're life is going to be fairly easy the organization is very top down so new initiatives end up on desk of entry level hires. While upper management is very removed from the process. Depending on which department you're in the hours can either be very reasonable or absolutely terrible. You may qualify for a pension plan so if you end up in an easy role you can easily coast for a long time and you can retire with a nice pension.
Cons
YOU WILL NEVER RECEIVE YOUR FULL BONUS NO NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU WORK OR HOW WELL YOU PERFORM SO DO NOT WORK HERE Rarely will you ever receive a raise outside of a cost of living adjustment, most of the time these cost of living adjustments don't keep pace with inflation Benefits aren't great and are employee contributions are high. little to no internal mobility little to no career progression high turnover Most of the higher level people at northern trust are productivity predators. They know there is a constant cycle of new hires. They pawn off as much of their work on the new people who don't know yet that their hard work isn't rewarded, and they continue to coast. (See pro of coming into the company at a higher level above) Jobs are very insulated rarely will you have contact outside of your team making internal mobility difficult. People that work at northern are generally, lazy, unproductive, and unhelpful. There are a lot of people who have been working at NT for a long time and are just trying to ride it out until they can retire with their pension.