Shockingly primitive - Associate T. Rowe Price Employee Review

3.0
22 Jul 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great retirement benefits & various options for advancement. They do seem to actually care about their customers

Cons

The biggest surprise upon starting at TRP was how backward and awful the vast majority of their systems are. Instead of having a couple of systems that are fully integrated, every minor task is an exercise in trying to combine information from four separate systems that do not talk with one another. You will also spend at least 30% of your day trying to open the various MFA systems because they seem to make the conscious decision on a minute by minute basis whether or not they are going to work. There seems to be no interest in getting any system to work consistently. While some departments actually do have modern systems like Salesforce.com, even those departments are underutilizing aspects of the system that are actually included in what they already own. In my experience, most companies who preach Lean or Six Sigma methodologies are more interested in talking about process improvement than in actually improving processes and TRP is no different.

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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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