Bear Stearns Reviews

Pros

Competetive salaries. Great place to be a front office technologist

Cons

Culture needs a little tuning.
Communication across tech teams not smooth enough( siloed )

Pros

Promotes self initiative and outside the box thinking, which often times meant what connections you had to move ahead. Very entrapreneurial.

Cons

too narcissistic for many people - Not so much what effort you put in but whether you're in a "sweet spot" regarding product in order to be successful. Upper management too concerned about tee-off times then how to move the business forward with integrity

Advice to Senior Management

Bone up on public relations and learn how to manage downward to the people who report to you, not upward to people who don't follow through on providing resources

Pros

Was a decent place to get on the job training

Cons

lack of management ran the place into the ground

Pros

Nice severance packages for young employees

Cons

You gave out lots of severance packages

Advice to Senior Management

Relax

Pros

People, learning, culture, and compensation

Cons

Did not survive economic cycle

Pros

Independent work atmosphere
Good opportunity for OT

Cons

Low base pay
Upper management too isolated from employees
Mediocre benefits
Lacked training opportunities
Limited promotion opportunities

Advice to Senior Management

Company may have survived if upper management actually communicated with employees

Pros

Hard work and dedication was favored e.more than a degre

Cons

Sub prime mortgage loans and greed.

Advice to Senior Management

really, take time to consider how your decisions wll affect main street and employees.

Pros

It was a challenging work environment. Basically you got out of it what you put into it. Driven and motivated colleagues.

Cons

Benefit plan was not that great. Only rewarded long term employees. Vacation time was among the worst I have seen.

Advice to Senior Management

Too late to do Really anything. I would have treated all employees better and not just the long time employees.

Pros

What can you say, just a great place to work and thrive. Credit derivative analysis was my favorite part of the job.

Cons

If you were looking for long term opportunities, maybe this company was not the most ideal place to be at.

Advice to Senior Management

To the management... I just have one minor criticism and request for you: Please pay me my year end bonus... please!

Pros

Pay is good
Prestige is great
Responsibility is high
Network is strong
Always challenging and intellectually stimulating
at the center of the financial universe

Cons

can't trust coworkers
Top Management only concerned with counting dollars
coworkers will do anything to get a better review and better bonus than you

Advice to Senior Management

Try risk management and coming into the office. Try motivating people in ways other than paying the top 5% of people all of the bonuses