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First Niagara Financial
2.2 of 5 32 reviews
www.fnfg.com Buffalo, NY 5000+ Employees

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First Niagara Financial Employee Review

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IT: Nice People, Clueless Management

Software Developer (Former Employee)
Buffalo, NY (US)

I worked at First Niagara Financial full-time for more than a year

ProsIT is young and vibrant at FNFG. The people are friendly and supportive. Times are tight for everyone, but if you have a good idea, they will usually find a way to fund it.

ConsThe other side of the "young and vibrant" coin is their inexperience. For an enterprise IT environment, it's still a pretty small organization and yet they want to be grown ups so bad, they tend to adopt unnecessary bureaucratic procedure just because that's what the big banks do.

Advice to Senior ManagementSlow down growing the org chart, and focus on the people you already have. Say "no" to the lines of business when they want more work done than you have the people or experience to accomplish.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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