BNY Mellon - Anonymous employee BNY Employee Review

3.0
25 Oct 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are some very nice people at BNYM and some very talented people. There are also some people in all my time there I did not know what they did. In a merchant bank they wouldn't last 5 minutes.

Cons

Quality staff retention policy. Slow moving not particularly strategic. A lot of politics. They don't seem to have a long term view and are not that dynamic in what is a dynamic world.

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Cons

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Pros

There is real opportunity for career and skill growth. The company runs short on head count, so people willing to take on more responsibilities have avenues to progress. However, you will need to force the issue for promotions & large salary increases after you prove your capabilities. Realistically it'll take an external counteroffer to move the needle.

Cons

It's a large bank and you're a number in the system. If your NPV is positive you'll stay, else you'll be laid off. This includes both scenarios you control and those you don't. Ex. You control your performance, in office time and networking You don't control if your location is a strategic growth site, if a major client goes with a competitor, or if you'd be impacted by a general company-wide layoff plan.

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