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Greg Becker
311 Ratings
Pros
"Great work life balance - easy workloads" (in 44 reviews)
"Great benefits package and genuine support from leadership throughout COVID and the move to working remotely" (in 38 reviews)
Cons
"Work life balance could have been better" (in 21 reviews)
"middle management gets more people" (in 13 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★Featured Review
Pros
SVB is an extraordinary company. Yes, we have amazing clients and a great position in the market, but that's not why I work here. I choose to work here because of the people. Every single person I know who works here (or who has previously) is a believer, a builder, and an optimist. Like any company of humans, it's not perfect. But, what keeps us going and growing is our sense of purpose and seeing the impact each of us can have, every day.
Cons
We continue to grow quickly, so change is constant. Our pace is fast.
Continue readingThanks for your positive feedback! SVBers are an amazing group of people.
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Great people to work with. Many have been there for years which is a testimony to the culture. They’re always focused on the people and driving change and improvement to the culture.
Cons
Not always having a clear understanding of goals or how decisions are being made
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
The executive leadership is transparent, empathetic and cares about the employees and clients. Greg - CEO, Mike - President and Phil - COO are just amazing. Compensation and benefits are better compared to other financial institutions. Overall the company has a sense of purpose and trying to stay on top of emerging disruptions in the financial sector. I see the company growing in the next 10 years, with forays into global markets and innovative products.
Cons
The technology leadership gets recycled at an average of 3 years and when I say refreshed its right from CIO and CTO level down. Check how many CIOs and CTOs the company had in the last 15 years. Obviously, with that the entire division gets re-orged and loses focus on work and goals. The current leadership does not look very bright either, results are yet to be seen. There is a weird nepotism culture at SVB, whenever there is a leadership change, the leaders and their subs get a free hand at bringing their friends, family, neighbors, etc. and with that, the entire work culture changes. This has happened multiple times in the last few years. Right now, it's in the technology and product team. >50% of these teams are now completely new and hired via friends and family offer and have utter disregard for everyone who is not part of their new "team". There are no career opportunities in technology, there's not even a roadmap or job leveling. For many, they don't even know if by some miracle they get promoted what will that title be. Management will hire someone external than promote internal, as there is always a friend, family or referral waiting in line.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Amazing and empathetic leadership, ample opportunity for growth, well compensated, strong financial performance
Cons
Lots of room to grow technologically, still a bit siloed
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Compensation Benefits WFH No others - but I have to enter at least five words :-0
Cons
Dictatorship Awful HR experience Pitiful Sr. Management No collaboration - its their way or your marginalized
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
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Laid back environment. Busy sector.
Cons
Hard to meet people/teammates (COVID-19)
- Current Employee★★★★★
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great benefits and flexibility I&D is a primary focus
Cons
work/life balance, manual processes, outdated software
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Silicon Valley Bank goes above and beyond to take care of its employees. I'm really proud to work for SVB and play a small role in the company's tremendous growth story.
Cons
Company is growing quickly, which occasionally leads to work-life balance issues and disconnect between employees/teams.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Supportive team, we live our values
Cons
We tend to work a lot
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
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Great benefits, strong culture, generally kind coworkers
Cons
Poor systems and tech approaches generally
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