Good opportunities to learn about industry if you take initiative...learn and move on. - Fund Accounting Manager State Street Employee Review

3.0
11 Sept 2008
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Pros

They have decent trainging programs, faily easy to take part time classes (and they reimbruse 5k a year towards work related graduate courses), potential to learn a lot about the industry, pretty good internal mobility, and good benefits.

Cons

It really depends on the group you are in. Some groups work fairly late hours because they have to price funds. Also, there are many processes to service the funds which are automated. This can be good for work productivity, but not really for learning about the mechanics of the funds you are servicing. It can become a "button pushing" job. Many of the processes for servicing mutual funds, especially on bigger clients, are seperated which further limits learning opoortunities.

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5.0
5 Jun 2026
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Pros

on-boarding was easy, lot of learning opportunities/clients to service, nice co-workers

Cons

sparse work-load allotted, difficult client assignments, strict vps

1.0
14 May 2026
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Pros

Remote work is (rarely) an option, though the approval process is extremely slow and bureaucratic. There are a few well-meaning colleagues who genuinely try to drive positive change before burning out.

Cons

Onboarding and HR processes are severely broken, taking 11 months to approve remote status and failing to prepare basic equipment for day one. The workplace culture is deeply hostile, with anger and yelling functioning as the default communication style across teams. Leadership turnover is rampant, resulting in constant re-organizations, splintered teams, and a total lack of strategic direction. Role clarity is non-existent, forcing employees to invent their own daily tasks while receiving entirely contradictory instructions. Direct management is completely absent; I went seven months without any contact from my boss before being laid off via a three-word instant message and short call.

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