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Bank of America

Solutions Architect
Former Employee
Worked at Bank of America for 6 years
November 13, 2015
4.0
RecommendsNegative Outlook
Pros

Hard work is rewarded if you have the right management.

Work from home is offered on some positions.

Cons

Managers often pick friends rather than the most qualified for advancement.

Many policies come from upper management as one-size-fits-all, without regard to the differences between an hourly call center worker and a salaried, high-end technical employee.

Advice to Management

You talk about "entrepreneurial spirit," but you run it top-down. Allow the managers to make decisions about who gets bonuses, who gets promoted, etc., if you want to see this truly succeed. Asking for decision-makers, but then not supporting them, means they leave the company, and the managers that remain are not always qualified. This hurts the entire team. (My manager didn't even know which projects I was working on when I was laid off. She had cancelled five of my six prior 1-on-1 meetings and all six weekly team meetings because she was "too busy." And just so folks don't think I am disgruntled, I would love to go back to B of A, and my prior two managers were both awesome—though one left on his own and is no longer with the company.)

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