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Software QA Role in Mortgage Technology

Senior Consultant - Systems Software Quality Assurance
Current Employee
Has worked at Bank of America for 4 years
June 17, 2014
Los Angeles, California
3.0
RecommendsNeutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

You get to work from home after working at the bank for one year.

No one micromanages you.

Bank holidays + vacation time = 26 days off a year. You also get sick days.

Salary is fair to good depending on the specific job role.

I would recommend this job to a friend if I knew they wanted to work in technology, 100% from home, and needed flexibility.

Cons

Not a lot of employee engagement unless you are at an executive level.

No real employee perks other than associate banking.

Not a lot of opportunity for horizontal or vertical movement within the bank. If you want to get a big raise, you are better off switching companies.

They are super cheap when it comes to bonuses and raises unless you are a top executive.

Not a lot of great training opportunities to advance your career unless you're at a VP level or greater.

Advice to Management

My team and manager are great. If it were not for them, I would have quit a long time ago, so I can't complain about them.

As for upper management and HR, they need to do a better job of tracking good talent at the bank. A lot of other companies value their top employees and will do a lot to keep them. But the bank views everyone as expendable, so even if you shine, don't expect much from them.

Most of their profits have come from cutting costs, which affects employees (not an increase in business or revenue).

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