Is Silicon Valley Bank a good company to work for?

Silicon Valley Bank has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,637 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 75% of employees would recommend working at Silicon Valley Bank to a friend and 53% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Silicon Valley Bank have been left by employees working as Associate I , Senior Associate and Client Service Advisor .

Does Silicon Valley Bank pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Silicon Valley Bank employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Silicon Valley Bank. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Silicon Valley Bank?

75% of Silicon Valley Bank employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Silicon Valley Bank 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Silicon Valley Bank?

Associate (112) , Vice President (68) , Director (64) , Senior Associate (35) , Managing Director (26) , Intern (25) , Software Engineer (25) , Manager (23) , Senior Software Engineer (23) , Analyst (16) , Relationship Advisor (16) , Client Service Advisor (15) , Product Manager (14) , Business Analyst (12) , Senior Manager (12)

What are the pros of working at Silicon Valley Bank according to real employee reviews?

"SVB has a great culture and stands behind their employees with the exception of their new CIO Beth Devin." ((in 264 reviews)); "some really great people genuinely aligned with the bank's purpose" ((in 148 reviews)); "Benefits are great and overall they treat their employee well." ((in 136 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 78 reviews)); "Good Pay and well treated" ((in 57 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Silicon Valley Bank according to real employee reviews?

"Just work hard and earn trust of senior leadership" ((in 30 reviews)); "Bad managers that feel entitled" ((in 24 reviews)); "Salary less than competitive" ((in 17 reviews)); "Senior management are cliquey and have their favourites." ((in 15 reviews)); "Middle management is horrific, at best." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about Silicon Valley Bank layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Silicon Valley Bank layoffs and their outlook for job security at Silicon Valley Bank in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Silicon Valley Bank locations?

San Francisco , Santa Clara , Tempe , Boston , New York , Phoenix , Palo Alto , San Jose , Salt Lake City , Los Angeles , Menlo Park , Denver , Newton , Chicago , Charlotte , Dallas , Portland , Atlanta , San Diego , South San Francisco , Austin , Irvine , Santa Clarita , Sonoma , Seattle , Tampa , Cottonwood Heights , Jersey City , Newark , Arizona City

Silicon Valley Bank reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(1,428 total reviews)

Marc Cadieux

81% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (1,428 reviews)

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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).

Reviews by job title

1K reviews

1.0

Dec 13, 2016

On its own island

Senior management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great exposure to smart people and ideas at VCs and the companies that back them.

Cons

People change jobs. Its normal and healthy. But you hardly ever hear a person leave JPMorgan, or First Republic, Morgan Stanley, KPMG, Cooley etc and vow how horrible their experience was leaving their old firm. To the point that they want them to fail, as some form of justice for their ethics, obfuscation and flat-out dishonesty. People who leave SVB...ALL of them feel this way. Almost literally everyone.

1.0

Dec 8, 2016

High school all over again..

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice central London location. Good place to start a career ( but move on) Some of the people are genuine

Cons

Have to be in a clique in order to progress even if your capable and do the job well- however being inside the clique means you can internet shop all day. The new office regularly has major issues. The management enforce the values yet don't live by them nor can they actually explain what they mean in anything other than politician speak. No real processes, training or instruction unless "step 1- find problem" "step 2- solve problem" helps in any way.

4.0

Nov 28, 2016

Great Place To Work and Grow

Senior systems administrator ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I really loved working for SVB. There was never a boring day and always hand my hands full and things to do. In fact, more projects than resources most of the time but that was a good thing in some ways. My direct manager was probably one of the best managers I have every had. I can think maybe just 1 other manager I had that I would say was better, however, that manager and I have become best friends now for many years so that would be hard to beat. The camaraderie is awesome at SVB. My co-workers I worked with daily are all great guys and ladies. I would come back in a heart beat if I decided to leave my new company.

Cons

The only cons that I can think of is the no working remote policy our department had. This wasn't necessary a company policy but a department policy. I will say that they are looking at changing this policy soon. I would still be working for SVB if they would have allowed remote working from home. I am not talking about just once in a while telecommuting, but we wanted to move out of state where SVB didn't have an office and would have had to work from home 100% of the time. The only other con which really isn't a con is how the desk are setup to be more of a open environment to collaborate. It was a great idea but I myself am a fairly loud person and other groups near us didn't care that I was loud. :)

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