SEI Investments Reviews in Philadelphia, PA Area

Pros

Relaxed, forward-looking workplace, especially for new workers

Cons

Highly diversified makes it difficult to know where opportunities are

Advice to Senior Management

Good business model. would be nice to see where the opportunities are a bit easier.

Pros

Challenging work, interesting people and good benefits, with opportunities for advancement. People are rewarded based on contributions, not politics.

Most of the projects are well-defined and client-driven. The company is also very stable, and is a known presence in the financial services industry.

Cons

It can be hard to move from a technical role to a business leadership position.

Advice to Senior Management

Talk to the troops more about the firm's strategy.

Pros

Great benefits, great training ground for people out of the military -- The culture takes some getting used to

Cons

They have their model and it works for them...not alot of "out-of-the-box" thnking encouraged there.

Advice to Senior Management

everyone needs to feel like they can be heard without fearing the worse

Pros

Onsite Gym, open workplace, positive atmosphere, managment will for the most part listen to analyst and take their opinions seriously

Cons

Recognition could be better. Great place to start out of college and gain experience but probably not a great place to stay for a career

Advice to Senior Management

If SEI wants to stay competitive and keep good employees, they need to do a better job of compensating them compared to other companies

Pros

Open work environment, friendly people

Cons

Most jobs are in operations, which is extremely boring and tedious. No set career path.

Advice to Senior Management

Have a more defined way for employees to move up

Pros

Great place to start a career. Atmosphere is calm and laid back.

Cons

Most jobs are in operations. They can can be tedious and boring. Pay at the analyst level is low. Company has a flat structure so defining a career path can be a challange.

Pros

Work-life is well balanced. Management is very approachable, tons of transparency. Open atmosphere with no cubicles. Great cafeteria, gym, people are awesome. Great place to great your feet wet. Tuition reimbursement for most MBA programs.

Cons

Location, the pay is not industry average.

Advice to Senior Management

These guys know what their doing....

Pros

Employees are very friendly. It is a great work environment, unlike any other. There are no cubicles at all. The thought is to be open, about everything.

Cons

It is not very easy to transition to other areas of the company from the Operations Department.
If you are willing to deal with the sub-par salary then this place might be for you.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to work on giving entry level employees a better chance to "shine" and "excel". Career paths and some sort of direction would go a long way.

Pros

SEI offers a great work - life balance and management has always offered flexibility and new opportunities to me throughout my career.

Cons

SEI can be difficult to navigate because policies and advancement opportunities are often very informal and can differ based on your area.

Advice to Senior Management

Would suggest introducing more formality to some company-wide programs such as annual reviews. Would recommend Incentive Compensation truly have some relation to individual performance and things wthin the control of the individual.

Pros

the people are nice and the food is decent. there is a cafeteria on site and the buildings are pretty neat

Cons

most of senior management are salesmen and are not bright they just like to hear themselves talk and talk at their perpetual meetings

Advice to Senior Management

for younger people this is a good placeto start and learn how meetings are structured and how much a waste of time they are