Outdated infrastructure and management prioritizes ineffective technology initiatives that only create more problems - Senior Associate State Street Employee Review

1.0
16 Oct 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Good vacation time - start with 3 weeks plus 4 personal days, then 4 weeks after first year with the company,

Cons

All-around terrible, outdated infrastructure needlessly creates more work and longer hours while upper management shows no interest in addressing these issues with seemingly simple fixes (computers that are less than 10 years old, higher capacity networks, faster servers etc.), and instead focuses attention and resources on constantly rushed implementation of half-baked new technology initiatives that don't solve any problems and actively lead to longer hours and more stress for end users. Tech support is largely ineffective due to being understaffed for the amount of requests they receive and having convoluted systems to log tickets, which only makes these issues worse.

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5.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Own book runner and strategy. Good work life balance. Good working environment and nice people to work together

Cons

No much growth. Promotion to VP or higher is even forbidden based on company policy. Instead, ask people to move to different role. It doesn't make a lot of sense since it encourage people to find a new job.

4.0
29 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Decent work life balance and decent PTO

Cons

Pay could be better and the workload can be a lot at times

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