Fidelity Investments Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Fidelity Investments

Pros – One of the best working place i ever heard. Give very much importance to your ideas and life irrespective of your position. Too many things to learn.

Cons – I did not find yet.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Fidelity Investments full-time

Pros – Flexible work schedule but company changes on this every few years.

Cons – Not enough remote or telecommuting options.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Fidelity Investments full-time for more than a year

Pros – Dynamic work atmosphere with a constant shift in work responsibilities. Essentially, everyday it was a different job. Networking possibilities are high due to internal and external working relationships developed. Open culture with a young, innovative office vibe.

Cons – Varying work hours for this specific team was common. Shifts in work responsibilities dictated the amount of overtime worked on a daily basis.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Fidelity Investments full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great benefits, pay is nice with quarterly bonuses and profit sharing; the company really cares and offers fitness reimbursement. So awesome

Cons – Working in a call center gets extremely old, and there are limited off phone options if you want to stay in the same area.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Fidelity Investments full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Fidelity offers a professional environment with lots of competitive and smart folks to work with and gain exposure to all facets of the financial industry. The ability to transfer to different positions is there as well if you seek out the opportunities. Compensation is good but limited to growth due to the bi-annual reviews. Fidelity operates like clockwork on release cycles, so focusing on getting things done by the end of the year is key and learning how to get the impossible done is the biggest thing you'll learn here.

Cons – Although Fidelity offers many oportunties, it is a large organization with lots of overhead. You'll find yourself on projects on lots of meetings with many project managers, VP's or directors each with almost equal amount of say on the project. Consensus building becomes key and learning how to win over folks on your idea becomes an important skill to learn. Politics is also huge at Fidelity, so learning how to work with others and learning to see pitfalls are the skills you up need to develop. Fidelity is a large ship and wanting to implement revolutionary ideas will be an uphill battle.

Advice to Senior Management – Fidelity is a great place but found that most managers on the "business side" had unrealistic expectations on developing projects in terms of what could be built with the given amount of resources.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Fidelity Investments as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Nice benefits for permanent employees, interesting technologies

Cons – Some of the managers lack experience, lots of legacy code.

Advice to Senior Management – I think they would benefit by improving their process for keeping up with technology. They touch the same code over and over without moving to newer technology and methods

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Fidelity Investments as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Summer workshop series was very insightful into the different divisions of Fidelity

Cons – Rigidly structured organization made it difficult to gain broad exposure

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Fidelity Investments full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – The benefits are great.Fantastic insurance.tuition.computer buying compensation.fitness budgets.pay decent.

Cons – There are some bottlenecks when it comes to getting promoted in the regional centers. Everyone tries to funnel through the same career paths.

Advice to Senior Management – Open a few more channels of opportunity.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Fidelity Investments as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Great environment to do design work, very flexible schedule, easy to stay in touch and share documents via conferencing system. Great team to work with.

Cons – Relies too much on contractors that can be disposed of at will.

Advice to Senior Management – Avoid firing contractors days before Christmas even if you need to do budget cuts. It's bad enough to be hired and fired on an ad hoc basis.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Fidelity Investments full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Strong solid company with great reputation. Retirement benefits are fantastic. Management allows for flexibility and awards those who are top performers.

Cons – Since it is such a large company it is becoming more spread out with jobs going to different sites so it makes it more difficult for career advancement.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to stay focused on growth. The company does a good job taking care of employees but since the company is becoming more spread out, it is harder for existing employees to find opportunities in existing sites. Grow your existing sites first to allow long time employees the opportunity to advance.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company