You get what you put in - Assistant Director, Officer, Financial Reporting State Street Employee Review

4.0
27 Jan 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging work, good benefits and great people. They tend to have plenty of opportunities for those individual looking to advance in their careers, but you have to be willing to work for it.

Cons

When I first started there the work life balance was terrible but has been improving over the past two years. To be honest, at first I didn't mind it because I was eligible for OT but once I became a salaried employee, my direct reports were making more than I was during our peak production periods which seemed to be every other month..

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State Street Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We know how important internal mobility is to our employees, as well as the success of our organization, so I’m glad to hear you believe there are opportunities to advance your career at State Street. I’m also pleased to hear you say that you’ve experienced an improvement in work/life balance. This has been a focus of ours over the last few years. If you aren’t already a part, I’d encourage you to check out the Flex Work Employee Network (which was recently recognized as one of the best Employee Resource Groups in the nation!). You might learn something new that you can apply to your career or tips on how to help your employees find balance, too. -Hazel Keating, SVP, Talent Development

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