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      Silicon Valley Bank

      Acquired by First Citizens Bank

      Engaged Employer

      Silicon Valley Bank reviews

      4.0

      75% would recommend to a friend

      (1,428 total reviews)
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      Marc Cadieux

      81% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Work/Life balance

      4.1

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Senior management

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      Silicon Valley Bank has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,428 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Silicon Valley Bank 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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      1K reviews
      1.0
      Nov 27, 2017

      Do not work in IT

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Bonuses are great, if you are in the niche crowd.

      Cons

      I was putting in 60-80 hr weeks. The stress was literally taking a toll on my health. IT management is not your friend and will literally make stuff up to get rid of you if they don't like you nor will they get another side of the story as proper management should. They just have their favorites and kick out the door who they don't like, no matter how hard they work. Going to HR only exacerbates this situation. I warn you, do not work in IT or you will regret it. I have multiple friends looking to leave or have already left.

      5.0
      Nov 20, 2017

      Change is happening for good at SVB

      Individual contributor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      SVB is going through a transformation which I feel is strongly needed to adapt to the changing landscape in this niche space. Lot of changes across IT organization that could uplift the image of this group who were branded non performers by many business groups. IT usually take a lot of time to make any changes and the group was managed very inefficiently by various middle managers. The recent changes in the IT organization is bringing the rigor and discipline that is needed to run this organization. I see lot of good things happening for the future of the company

      Cons

      Employee to contractor ratio is very low. More SME and Engineering knowledge should be with the employees and not with the contractors. Too many vendor products and vendor resources makes software engineering not so attarctive for future hires

      3.0
      Nov 20, 2017

      Interesting Company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits. Work with interesting, new companies.

      Cons

      Can be very political at times.

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