Could be worse - Anonymous employee BNY Employee Review

3.0
30 Sept 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some areas are better than others. And if you get to one of those spots, and have a competent and fair direct manager, your days aren't so bad.

Cons

70% of the people are just happy to put their 8:30-5 in. Another 20% don't even do that much. That leaves the 10% who really do care and try pulling more than their weight If you get in the right area, with a good direct manager, you can have a nice career. But if not, keep looking. You'll never get rich working here. Too much crap is allowed to go own. Nobody wants to go after the people who are the problem. They'd rather upset the 99 other people than the 1 with the issue.

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Pros

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Cons

It's a large bank and you're a number in the system. If your NPV is positive you'll stay, else you'll be laid off. This includes both scenarios you control and those you don't. Ex. You control your performance, in office time and networking You don't control if your location is a strategic growth site, if a major client goes with a competitor, or if you'd be impacted by a general company-wide layoff plan.

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