Pros
Smart cooks (shameful chefs). The people. I’ve made friends for life at SVB and for that I will always be grateful.
Cons
Ancient technology with bandaid in top of bandaid. Mid level management are useless and are pretty much there because they can discard judgment at the door and could bring themselves to compliment each of JC’s stupid ideas. And speaking of mid management, some are decent people and others clearly are taking advantage of their authority in the market. Asking your admin to lie on your expense report, making fun of associates, creating an office culture of cool kids (with whom you speak with your airhead tone) and nerds..... is not ok. Who do you think you are? As soon as you feel like the wound is scabbing, you endure another fall - that’s how I feel about navigating the day to day at SVB.