Sadly turning into a corporate snake pit - Vice President - Technology T. Rowe Price Employee Review

2.0
Mar 22, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- Good benefits, particularly pension contribution - Supportive during the pandemic - Some great colleagues remain but many have quit now - Good in-house infrastructure tooling

Cons

- Very poor senior management lacking vision and technical delivery expertise. Since the former CTO left, this has been compounded by appointment of new senior management that has generated chaos with their decisions. This has led to a number of high-profile resignations in technology. - Baffling, autocratic decisions, change of strategy and teams disruption without any justification or consultation. - Highly political place, focus is on building little empires rather than delivering business value. - Cronyism and brown-nosing has become the norm for hiring and promotions. - The business analysis and marketing side is full of inept people technically stuck in the early 00s.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

Total compensation is competitive, new hires are eager to jump in, and it seems like a company strategy is finally coming together. Things continue to move slowly though because projects from the loudest voice or most tenured associates tend to get prioritized and throw off critical investments into fixing data, process, and tech debt issues to mature our ability to market like it’s 2026 instead of 2016.

Cons

Too many bottlenecks to execution; If you’re seeking to make a meaningful impact, don’t expect it fast. Expect to navigate uncertainty while the company claims to help clients do this for their portfolios instead of helping associates to help clients — This is branded fluff for leadership without clear direction, driving teams to waste too much time and energy in meetings and boring demo decks every month to make being busy look like value by being the loudest voice, which is what you’ll notice many of the most tenured associates do best. Slides might look pretty but AI doesn’t make sense of this noise and clients don’t benefit from all the hours spent in PowerPoint. Unclear ownership leads to internal redundancies or team friction, on top of the inconsistent documentation and fragmented data siloes that are ironically impeding readiness for AI mandates coming from the CEO.

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