Fidelity Investments Reviews

Pros

Great Brand
Privately Owned
Good Work/Life Balance
Managers are level-headed, in general
People go elsewhere and often come back after getting promoted at other companies.

Cons

Lack of Diversity
Communication is need to know only; lack of inclusion in decision-making
Even with strong managerial support, promotions are difficult

Pros

Learned the ins and outs of the Financial Representative role, helped operations staff support account executives and sat in on company seminars, meetings etc. Manager was more than willing to help me learn about financial planning and understand how current events in the financial markets effect everything. Everyone I worked with was welcoming, friendly, helpful and enjoyable to be around.

Cons

Some down time, not busy the entire day. Could have more interaction with interns in other branch offices and programs going on at headquarters in Boston.

Pros

Great environment, plenty of room to grow

Cons

A lot of competition for new positions

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

Generally fair treatment of the employees; if you perform well, you will generally be recognized for your work. Learned a lot in my 18 years working here. Some good benefits.

Cons

As with any large company, there can be some politics where you need to be careful of what you say. Getting pay raises can be challenging.

Advice to Senior Management

As with any large company, there can be some politics where you need to be careful of what you say.

Pros

The culture, the desire to "do what's right" for the client, great training.

Cons

The pay is a little below average, especially the bonuses.

Pros

Great medical benefits and fair in scheduling

Cons

Supervisors are always in meetings evaluations of employees are capricious

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure we are properly trained and have supervisors always available

Pros

Great pay, benefits, and people

Cons

Extremely high levels of pressure.

Advice to Senior Management

Staffing levels need to mirror work load.

Pros

Gain in knowledge about financial sector.
Grasp in lot of discussions on IT Information .

Cons

people should aware of its technological center in India. so, Slow marketing of fidelity bussiness services pvt. ltd. is one of the downsides

Pros

To gain experience and knowledge

Cons

Very low morale, not fun.

Pros

Fidelity Investments has excellent benefits (medical, dental, 401k, profit sharing, etc.). The tuition reimbursement program is top notch as well.

Cons

A lot of the technologies I worked with are "home grown", making it difficult to transfer learned skills to future jobs elsewhere. Compensation levels are also not in line, in my experience, with similar jobs elsewhere.

Advice to Senior Management

Senior management definitely needs to get a better grasp on what their groups do on a day to day business, what might help make their jobs easier and/or more efficient.