Comfortable company, on-top of things, but with an old-fashioned mindset - IT Chapter Lead SWIFT Employee Review

4.0
Apr 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Package and benefits is interesting. Working in HQ is an asset in itself (amazing facilities) - Niche market in the financial industry which opens up to an interesting job which involves working with international high value payments and its ecosystem - Technology used is usually modern and interesting - Turnover is limited, which has the advantage of having experienced colleagues who know what they are doing. Plus, they are usually experienced and very nice. :) - International company putting a lot of energy in inclusion and employee's wellbeing

Cons

- Company policies and way of working is super rigid, creating a lot f frustrations for people who are used to deliver software quickly - Small teams can be Agile, but the company is not. The company did a complete Agile transformation and turned their back on it. Current mindset from higher management is zero trust on delivery teams. This results in the enforcement of waterfall-like flows including bureaucratic mandatory paperwork, review boards and overly complex processes.

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5.0
Jun 2, 2026
Anonymous intern
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It’s wonderful to work at. Great benefits

Cons

None that I can really think of

2.0
May 29, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice offices. Great colleagues. Interesting work. Truly great healthcare International travel

Cons

Poor senior management and too many middle managers Terrible performance management approach related to who you know not what you do. Good engineers are leaving because there are no promotions and the pay has fallen far behind other companies

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