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

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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5.0
Jul 8, 2017

Great place to worl

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Management committed to smart growth - Opportunity to experience different roles at the bank. both vertical growth and horizontal. there are many roles beyond just working on the $ side.

Cons

- change is constant, if you do not like a place that is continually looking for ways to improve and grow, this may not be for you. (IMO) - food and other small perks are nice, but do not compare to what many tech companies offer. for example no significant commuter benefits.

1.0
Jul 7, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Co-workers were friendly and helpful. - Balanced benefits - Unlimited vacations.

Cons

- Company laid off talented people from GDB(ramp down reason). Other groups having openings for the same roles.instead of retaining these people SVB is hiring people from outside. - Upper management expectations are unrealistic. - Business stakeholders and upper management are vision-less. - Hands down the worst middle management ever in GDB- IT, absolutely no inter-personal skills, passively aggressive and yes men dummies. All are neither technically savvy nor efficient people managers. - Joining GDB-IT is a career suicide.

1.0
Jun 29, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits and great colleagues in some group.

Cons

Beware to join as an engineer in GDB group as management drives engineering decision and management doesn't know what they want to achieve. Management thinks engineers are puppet they can do anything with there career.

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