Vanguard reviews

As a financial services company, it tends to be reactive, from a technological view at least. Also, the culture is fairly conservative, such as the "actual" dress code is actually one better than the "official" dress code (i.e., if the dress is business professional, which is supposed to be a shirt an tie, most people wear a full suit). Also, many of the people started there right after school and have been there for 10+ years, which fosters somewhat of a holier-than-thou attitude, in terms of companies to work for.

Compensation is very low, which discourages going the "extra mile." More tenured, highly compensated employees, are entrenched in their roles, which creates ceilings for job advancements within some departments. If you are lucky to be promoted pay increases do not adequately compensate for the increased workload. In down markets promotions are almost always impossible. When openings become available, preference goes to those with similar pay grades, and not suitability. The company struggles from group think, that leads them to lack drive to create innovation. Management does not respond to criticism.