New York Life – “The Company You Keep”

Pros

There is a healthy work / life balance, but at the same time, if you seek out opportunties there is much rewarding work to be had. Senior management do not spend adequate amount of time in discovering or managing talent, so you have to toot your own horn.

Cons

Senior management hardly spend any time in talent management, although there is an ongoing push for this. When in need for senior management, they hire from outside, which is a srong sign of how poor a job management is doing of cultivating future leaders within the company. Everyone get demoralized when senior opening are filled from outside companies, while managemtn keeps stating that we are number one in the industry. Obviously this is not case from an HR view... Although that might be changing.

Advice to Senior Management

Look around. Get away from your desk and walk around. Share a cup of coffee with a junior analyst . You will learni more in those 10 mins than any management report could tell you.