Good benefits, poor culture - Anonymous employee Piper Sandler Employee Review

3.0
Feb 3, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The benefits are good, and the work-life balance wasn't bad for my first job out of college. The HR department was great when I started, with interviews and onboarding, and great when I left by conducting a good exit interview.

Cons

The culture could be very negative, depending on your position. The marketing department was treated as a cost center and not a valuable business partner. Doing things the way they've always been done was the norm, and new ideas were not encouraged.

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2.0
Apr 9, 2026
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Pros

It's nearly impossible to get fired. After many years, the IT department has hired a diverse team. Coworkers were intelligent and ethical.

Cons

Unusual that, until after Covid, the IT department was about 95% Caucasian, but now the diversity seems to be due to the ability to lower salaries, and worsen work/life balance. Management will only promote yes-people, or hire from the outside. It's akin to working in IT in 1990s, there is little process or structure. Laptops weren't given to IT until after Covid (yes you read that right), and when they were handed out, they were the used laptops from revenue generating departments that had been upgraded. It was a very chaotic environment.

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