Room for Improvement - Marketing Communications BNY Employee Review

3.0
Aug 11, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The senior leadership team was very impressive (more so than local leaders) and understood the effort required to build a local office culture aligned with the corporate culture of BoNY. BoNY also offered a reasonable work schedule and I enjoyed a good work-life balance.

Cons

Transforming an organization's culture is a long process and the Houston office has too many A&M alumni and functionally weak VPs from Chase's former CDO business to appeal to outsiders. Some VPs acted as if they were still at A&M or Chase...what a pity. Also, the low-walled cubicles made the office feel more like a call center than a professional environment.

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Cons

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Pros

There is real opportunity for career and skill growth. The company runs short on head count, so people willing to take on more responsibilities have avenues to progress. However, you will need to force the issue for promotions & large salary increases after you prove your capabilities. Realistically it'll take an external counteroffer to move the needle.

Cons

It's a large bank and you're a number in the system. If your NPV is positive you'll stay, else you'll be laid off. This includes both scenarios you control and those you don't. Ex. You control your performance, in office time and networking You don't control if your location is a strategic growth site, if a major client goes with a competitor, or if you'd be impacted by a general company-wide layoff plan.

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