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Farm Credit Financial Partners (FPI)

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Farm Credit Financial Partners (FPI) reviews

3.1

55% would recommend to a friend

(67 total reviews)
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Bob Passini

64% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Farm Credit Financial Partners (FPI) has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 67 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Farm Credit Financial Partners (FPI) employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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67 reviews
1.0
Jun 27, 2022
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Pros

Get to watch what it's like for an old successful organization to slowly slip into the history books

Cons

No opportunities for career or skill growth in software engineering

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Farm Credit Financial Partners (FPI) Response
3y
Thank you for your feedback and we are sorry to hear about your experience. Over the past few years, we have realigned our priorities to those of our customers and employees and undergone deliberate leadership transitions, which has resulted in positive improvements throughout the company. Though these changes may have impacted your time with FPI, we can assure you that we are committed to improving the employee experience every day, including new personal and professional development opportunities across departments.
1.0
Nov 26, 2017

What happened......

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people. In these walls house some of the most articulate and well spoken individuals.

Cons

What happened to the FPI that was Employers Choice? It's long gone. Most employees spend their day looking to leave or applying for other jobs. All of the full-time support that has left this year has been replaced by contractors. Most projects are filled with only contractors. The time of the SME's are sucked up by training contractor support only to have their contracts end. All departments are severely understaffed. It will be short time before the customers start complaining. Very little knowledge transfer. Communication between departments is severely siloed. Lateral or upward movement in the company is extremely difficult. Some senior management has a boy’s club only mentality. The company has a lack of maturity and decision making which is stopping it from being on the front line of technology. Security policies are out dated. They are either over-enforced or nonexistent. Constant changes to the security applications or decisions are inefficient and testing doesn't happen. Security is a "shoot from the hip" environment. “When security does its job, you can’t do yours” Customers consistently are upset over the decisions. No BOYD policy. HR doesn’t have the power it should for a company this size. There are no checks and balances. Zero work life balance. Awful WFH policy. Calling in sick causes terrible anxieties to where staff just come into work sick. Contractors are treated terribly and like second class citizens. VPN and Internet usage is awful. The amount of security behind the internet is probably better in North Korea. Management constantly gives zero direction. They will get mad if the project or decisions do not go their way even though they didn't explain how they want it to get there.

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Farm Credit Financial Partners (FPI) Response
8y
FPI has experienced significant change in the past 24 months and I appreciate the impact the change has had on our entire organization. Our growth in recent years, from 160 employees supporting $28B assets under management to 240 employees with $40B assets under management, required us to change our business practices in a very short time frame. FPI has very quickly become a higher-energy, even more dynamic work environment, with a focus on leveraging the latest technologies to deliver on our key initiatives. 2017 was a fantastic year for the company, as we delivered on those key initiatives to our existing customers while integrating new customers into the FPI family. Change is a natural part of an organization’s evolution, including FPI’s, creating new opportunities for every employee to have an impact on our future. I recognize that change can be difficult and that it impacts every employee differently. For those who took the opportunity to move on from her/his FPI career, I wish you success in your future endeavors. Best Regards, Howard Bruck, CEO
2.0
Sep 27, 2017

New exec intentions may be good, but execution is lacking

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- This may be department dependent but I found that almost everyone I interacted with to be a joy to be around - Decent company culture although that has been changing with new executive leadership

Cons

Leadership is severely lacking. Company is biting off more than it can chew. Much of talking the talk, but a lack of actual results from the executive suite Industry is old-fashioned and is behind the times when it comes to standards and procedures Co-op company structure seems to be a major pitfall for most projects.

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Farm Credit Financial Partners (FPI) Response
8y
FPI has experienced significant change in the past 24 months and I appreciate the impact the change has had on our entire organization. Our growth in recent years, from 160 employees supporting $28B assets under management to 240 employees with $40B assets under management, required us to change our business practices in a very short time frame. FPI has very quickly become a higher-energy, even more dynamic work environment, with a focus on leveraging the latest technologies to deliver on our key initiatives. 2017 was a fantastic year for the company, as we delivered on those key initiatives to our existing customers while integrating new customers into the FPI family. Change is a natural part of an organization’s evolution, including FPI’s, creating new opportunities for every employee to have an impact on our future. I recognize that change can be difficult and that it impacts every employee differently. For those who took the opportunity to move on from her/his FPI career, I wish you success in your future endeavors. Best Regards, Howard Bruck, CEO
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