Northern Trust Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Northern Trust full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great work environment for career growth

Cons – Competitive for open positions but good for staff growth and drive.

Advice to Senior Management – Give more earnings incentives to staff for their career growth.

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

Former Employee – worked at Northern Trust full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – This is a really nice place to work. Especially if you are in the HR department. The learning capability is unlimited

Cons – Working with some individuals in upper management on a daily basis who will turn and walk the other to avoid a simple "hello".

Advice to Senior Management – We are all professionals in our area. Join us. Be professional and courteous to your coworkers. Always remember, you can catch more bee's with honey...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Northern Trust

Pros – Decent Training, great benefits especially for first time job

Cons – Slow moving company, not much room to grow

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Northern Trust as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – IT workers are compensated well, in line with large financial organizations. Promotions are awarded based on merit more often than politics. Downtown "Chicago loop" locations are convenient for commuters.

Cons – Like many financial organizations, they continue to dwell in the past, using 1980's era waterfall processes rather than modern Agile methods. Application Development Managers are sometimes non-technical, and development teams lack leadership.

Advice to Senior Management – Get over the "promote from within" limitation and open manager spots to allow employees to compete with outside workers. Perform a corporate-wide Agile conversion ASAP, it is the current industry best practice, and performs much better than waterfall in highly regulated industries like banking and trading. Be sure to bring in experienced Agile contractors and permanent workers, Agile requires experience.

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

Current Employee – been working at Northern Trust full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Stability and a varied cultured behavior

Cons – No forward thinking, below average pay scale

Advice to Senior Management – Embrace feedback

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Northern Trust full-time

Pros – Nice people, in house cafe, gym and child-care

Cons – Manager can control fate of career, hard to move around unless you "know someone".

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Northern Trust full-time

Pros – People are great; work life balance is good if you get in the right group; very stable company

Cons – slow moving to make decisions; pay packages are a little on the low side (you must be a star performer to get recognized or get paid appropriately)

Advice to Senior Management – Stop rewarding people who are only at the higher levels; your mid to lower level employee is what keeps this organization running each day.

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

Current Employee – been working at Northern Trust full-time

Pros – Great place to start your career, great team environment

Cons – Lateral movement is tough, pay is"median to the market" what that really means is slightly lower

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

Former Employee – worked at Northern Trust full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Value employees, opinions and hard work.

Cons – A bit hard to fit in at first.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Northern Trust full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Oppurtunity, Variety, People, Clients, Driving Performance

Cons – Advancement, Compliance requirements, stability, crazy busy

Advice to Senior Management – Keep your focus on people...

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