Northern Trust reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(6,460 total reviews)
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Michael OGrady

80% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Northern Trust has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 6,460 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Northern Trust employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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6K reviews
2.0
Feb 15, 2026

Culture shock

Recommend
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Pros

Not many - maybe work life balance

Cons

Company full of good ideas but they never execute, mixture of old employees sitting around waiting to retire and high earners that talk a good game but never actually do anything

2.0
Feb 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working from home is only pros

Cons

1.Shift timings is not good. 2. Weekend support is mandatory. 3 . Laptop should be actively logged for 7.5 hours as they have using sapience to track those. 4. Management is very strict . You have to ping even after loging and while taking breaks. 5 . You will not get time to relax for some time. 6. No proper training’s for the lateral joiners. 7. Weekend support policy will not be explained before joining.

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