Good People, Bad Management - Personal Services Client Manager T. Rowe Price Employee Review

2.0
14 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary is just good enough to make you stay, benefits are pretty great as well. This ends up being more of a trap in the end, however, when you begin to realize that you don't want to work there anymore.

Cons

The company does a great job of hiring good managers, then handcuff those managers by making them breathe down your neck every second of every day. There are a few roles within the company that allow autonomy, but not many. Additionally, the company forces the managers to support the client over the associate, which is a bad business practice. It is a relatively frequent occurrence that you will get into an escalated situation with a client based on company policy, and you inform them there is nothing you can do. Then, they ask to speak to your manager, and the manager immediately acquiesces, making you look like a stooge, and creating the habit within the client that they can only trust management, and can get whatever they want from them.

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5.0
4 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Workflow was consistent. Never a lull in the day.

Cons

A lot of overtime, but it was paid.

3.0
12 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Total compensation is competitive, new hires are eager to jump in, and it seems like a company strategy is finally coming together. Things continue to move slowly though because projects from the loudest voice or most tenured associates tend to get prioritized and throw off critical investments into fixing data, process, and tech debt issues to mature our ability to market like it’s 2026 instead of 2016.

Cons

Too many bottlenecks to execution; If you’re seeking to make a meaningful impact, don’t expect it fast. Expect to navigate uncertainty while the company claims to help clients do this for their portfolios instead of helping associates to help clients — This is branded fluff for leadership without clear direction, driving teams to waste too much time and energy in meetings and boring demo decks every month to make being busy look like value by being the loudest voice, which is what you’ll notice many of the most tenured associates do best. Slides might look pretty but AI doesn’t make sense of this noise and clients don’t benefit from all the hours spent in PowerPoint. Unclear ownership leads to internal redundancies or team friction, on top of the inconsistent documentation and fragmented data siloes that are ironically impeding readiness for AI mandates coming from the CEO.

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