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OK place, great benefits, but lots of politics

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Fidelity Investments for less than 1 year
June 13, 2011
Smithfield, Rhode Island
3.0
Approves of CEO
Pros
  1. Great benefits.
  2. Ability to move within the organization.
  3. Great pay if you negotiate it upfront.
  4. Good work-life balance in some groups.
Cons
  1. Lot of politics.
  2. Frequent reorganizations and changes within the company. No stability in senior management.
  3. New hires can be hired at much higher salaries. A person hired at a lower level could have a much higher salary than yours.
  4. Work-life balance can be bad in some groups.
  5. Lots of employees in IT are not proficient in their fields.
Advice to Management

Get some stability in Senior Management. Stop continuous reorganization and changes. It is bad for employee morale. Btw, Peter Cieszko is long gone. This is the third time in five years that the President has changed.

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