Bank of America Employee Reviews about "upper management"

Pros

There is generally a lot of opportunity to change careers and move to other areas of the bank. Employee financial and health benefits are great. Base salary is pretty high for developers. We're allowed 2 paid hours a week to volunteer. There are a lot of employee networks and events throughout the year. Some teams give you the option to work from home once a week if needed.

Cons

In my experience upper management tends to push ideas/projects/work onto teams in my space with insane timelines, and then refuse to give additional funding or resources needed to be able to meet those timelines. It appears they care more about meeting those timelines than doing the work right the first time. Software development teams have a ton of trouble being successful because all of the bureaucracy and politics that exist. Simple access requests or work requests can take 2+ weeks. There are usually multiple teams doing duplicate work and fighting to be the 'winner.' Most teams don't want to play nice with other teams/lines of business. Demographic is 85% white male, 35+ years old.

Pros

Having a job to go to.

Cons

Lack of communication from upper management and full time employees about job responsibilities and role in the company. No sense of direction from the BoA managers. No training. Bad Leadership in the low to mid level. Being left out of important meetings. As a contractor here at BoA I have never felt disappointed and disrespected by the FTE. Although I also put partial blame to the staffing agency, I have never worked in a IT department where contractors are disregarded and looked down upon. I am not speaking about Bank of America as a whole, but the IT department I am assigned to has not defined to role I have within the company. I been here for almost 6 months and I have not met my manager. It's hard to request time off as well as when you need to notify that you will be late due to an appointment. My manager never replies to my emails. Working with the FTE in the GBAM IT department is hell. I am unable to get work completed because of them not responding to emails, meeting requests, and calls. It is frustrating.

Pros

Diversity, job fulfillment, brand loyalty, job security

Cons

Communication breakdowns, lack of room for associates growth and potential, tenured associates in middle and upper management are not held accountable for actions

Pros

Great benefits and vacation package/ employee discounts

Cons

The work environment is extremely negative. Management and upper management only care about money. After several complaints and requests for help- nothing was done. The Sr. PCAs are rude and belittle the associates.