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    Silicon Valley Bank Reviews

    Updated June 18, 2018
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    Silicon Valley Bank President & CEO Greg Becker
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    • "Stressful - no work life balance" (in 17 reviews)

    • "middle management gets more people" (in 13 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      Helpful (2)

      "Industry Best and Employee Focused"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Deposit Operations in Tempe, AZ
      Current Employee - Deposit Operations in Tempe, AZ
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Silicon Valley Bank full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      - Great benefits
      - Working with some of the coolest and most innovative clients in the industry
      - Excellent employee values and work/life balance
      - Plenty of open opportunities to move within the company, both vertically and laterally
      - Employee focused
      - Plenty of social opportunities outside of the office
      - Understanding and encouraging management

      Cons

      Some internal systems are outdated and clunky, and that can be seen as a hindrance when your primary client base are the leading and cutting edge companies in the tech and startup industry.

      Advice to Management

      Keep focusing on updating systems and putting the employees first and the sky is the limit!

    2. "Vice President 2"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Silicon Valley Bank full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      - Good overall compensation
      - Incredible Benefits
      - Very hot space, lots of action

      Cons

      - A lot expected out of Employees
      - Management prioritizes stock performance over spending to fix issues
      - Growth outpacing capacity

      Advice to Management

      Keep the turnaround progressing

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    3. "Great Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Silicon Valley Bank full-time

      Pros

      Really cares about their people

      Cons

      communication outside of top-tier employees lacks

    4. "Vice President"

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      Former Employee - Vice President in Santa Rosa, CA
      Former Employee - Vice President in Santa Rosa, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Silicon Valley Bank full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good health benefits and compensation package.

      Cons

      Terrible work life balance driven by understaffing.

      Advice to Management

      Get support help for the folks that need it

    5. "Director"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Silicon Valley Bank full-time

      Pros

      Amazing manager, great benefits and strong future, great product.

      Cons

      Stay with a plan of action, changing midstream only confuses the team and doesn't allow for them to succeed. Some Senior Management need to be more accepting of diversity

      Advice to Management

      You need to have a better commitment to professional quality. Without this you will fail. You will want to rethink recent decisions.

    6. "Data Analyst Intern (Capstone)"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Santa Clarita, CA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Santa Clarita, CA
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Silicon Valley Bank part-time

      Pros

      Very friendly people for cross-functional collaboration.
      Great work environment

      Cons

      Requirements kept increasing even to the point of deadline. But this was not an issue at all since both technical and audit team were very understanding.

    7. "MD"

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      Current Employee - Managing Director in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Managing Director in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Silicon Valley Bank full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great culture. Values creativity.

      Cons

      Slow recruitment process but within mkt norms.

      Advice to Management

      Keep growing.

    8. "Associate"

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      Former Employee - Associate in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Associate in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Silicon Valley Bank full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Diverse clients and growing bank with good brand equity in the market.

      Cons

      Stale systems and approval process.

      Advice to Management

      Streamline deals or simplify structures.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Awesome changes"

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      Current Employee - Systems Analyst in San Jose, CA
      Current Employee - Systems Analyst in San Jose, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Silicon Valley Bank full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      I admit I was skeptical of changes in IT org at first. It seemed like org was being split in two which would potentially cause chaos. After 6 months things are really good. New manager has come in from outside bank and she has shook things up for better. She’s making changes but giving reason why and me and my team are endorsing wholeheartedly the new direction of new IT applications being built by employees. Several recent promotions all from within, proves that management wants people to move up instead of bringing in from outside. Looking forward to the team growing and taking on more new technologies.

      Cons

      There are negative people who try and bring you down talking about change they don’t like. I try and stay positive but hopefully managers can address negativity so as not to ruin culture and good that is happening now.

      Advice to Management

      CEO meetings are good ways to hear about change and how it is endorsed from the top. Keep making sure people know why then keep going!

    10. "Business Development"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      The company is making a great impact for the startup community.

      Cons

      Need to evolve as quickly as the clients.

      Advice to Management

      Keep adding value to the startup world.

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