8 years and mixed emotions - Compliance Analyst LPL Financial Employee Review

3.0
Mar 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great clean new building located in UTC San Diego Area. Features a cafe, Starbucks (proudly serving), electric car charging stations via Sema Connect, fitness center, health clinic and more.

Cons

Work environment has went from pleasant with steady work to super micromanaged. Every minute is accounted for. Most jobs have been running in the "red line" of speed and work load for years and this is the new normal so it has become expected. Hired for one department needs and duties turns into six to save on overhead. It's hard to change jobs inside the company unless you take a lessor position with a pay cut. They tend to fill positions at entry level. Moving up in the company is especially difficult. Experienced and hard working no longer means what it used to. You must become best friends with your boss in order to move up. Because of this, I have seen a entry level person promoted quickly that still has no idea what they are doing.

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Cons

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Pros

Great pay and getting OT pay. Awesome team of SMs and RTEs who felt like family and we all wanted to see each other succeed. I was exposed so a lot of situations which strengthened my skill set. Learned the SAFe model and it looks great on resumes. I personally had a great boss, bosses boss, and RTEs.

Cons

Executive leadership is ruining the culture. Many of the amazing Directors, AVPs and RTEs left due to the poor Executive leadership who do NOT know a single thing about Agile principles. Releases are 1x/mo so you have to work one Saturday a month which can sometimes be longer than a normal workday. Release Mgmt team is very difficult to work with and can be very disrespectful. They don’t hide it and it’s accepted. Execs killed remote work.

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