They fire people all the time - Executive Assistant BNY Employee Review

2.0
19 Apr 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice environment and nice people. on the whole, it is a civilized place to work. Good work/life balance. full benefits package dental/vision/health etc.

Cons

They keep firing everybody. You dont know from day to day if you have a job whether you have been there for 15 years or 15 days. Bureaucracy is insane to the point where you cant get anything done. IT is useless. Low salaries. Health insurance premiums are surprisingly expensive and take a big chunk out of your paycheck. company has a policy where you cant have a side job without formal permission - you can get fired if you work weekends at macy's or if you have a side gig fixing computers in your garage. I have never seen anyone successfully get another job within the bank.

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Pros

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Cons

1) Retaliation is a way of life at this company going back to 2018 and becoming worse since 2) Mid level managers are very efficient at passively insulting the Teams they are responsible for. 3) It is nearly impossible to advance in the company. 4) When you try to post to another department - your Mid level manager will do the best to stop you from advancing. Some have close friends in HR that will even have you submit a new application in an attempt to accuse the other department of recruiting you. I have experienced this. 5) The only way to increase pay and experience is by leaving the company. 6) It use to be a culture of lets help others when there is a problem, now it is lets find who to blame for upper mangers rushing a project before all risks are identified. 7) If you are taking a new Job - professionally push for higher Salary once you are in raises will be very small.

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