FHLBank Chicago reviews

Overall, enjoyed my career here. Management just out of touch. Most directors are mickey mouses and promoted from favoritism not hired from the crop. They would get eaten alive in real corporate America. Also, their seemed to be more C- mid-managers with no prior experience before I left. Work life balance non existent in IT, but may not be like this in other areas. Too much on D&I. Big Brother trying to trip up IT and make their lives miserable each day. IT gets to work with lots of technologies but can change on the fly, throwing months or years of work out the door. If I had to guess, IT at this company will soon be 90% automated (SaaS, Machine Learning, Ansible, etc) which is the direction a lot of companies are taking to save $ on overhead. They are somewhat ahead of most places which I thought was exciting. Before leaving mid-pandemic, overwhelming turnover and I understand is still the case - but happening at most places, just tough for a small company losing people 10+ years tenure. Had never seen people leave this place with so much tenure that fast. Has to say something about the company I think. Would like to see those people's thoughts here.

As a regulated organization, process and bureaucracy can sometimes stand in the way of progress occurring as fast as it could. Many organizational priorities are determined by audit and regulators.