Associate II - Good Place to Learn, Not Stay - Associate II State Street Employee Review

3.0
Jun 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- The people. Your co-workers are all in their twenties and you will have plenty of fun. The Sacramento office has a ping pong table, fun location, and some really great people. - You're in an office environment with a good name on your resume. You can say you have been there, done that with regards to some legitimate finance experience. It is back office work, but you can easily spin it to sound halfway decent. - You will learn some... not a lot, but some. After a few months, it is mostly repetitive steps you have seen thousands of times. - There are some real Excel gurus in the office. Learn from them as much as possible.

Cons

- Repetitive, super boring work. - If you're a decent employee, they will quickly overload you with tons of stuff to do. - Frustrating, with little help from management (a byproduct of promoting some young employees quickly). - After a few months the learning quickly evaporates. - Middle management - officer & AVP - are some questionable employees.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Own book runner and strategy. Good work life balance. Good working environment and nice people to work together

Cons

No much growth. Promotion to VP or higher is even forbidden based on company policy. Instead, ask people to move to different role. It doesn't make a lot of sense since it encourage people to find a new job.

2.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The company has a great severence package. Unfortunately thats a pro because they are laying off workers every 3 months until most of operations are offshore. Decent 401k match and vacation.

Cons

Layoffs, pay is low. Return to office mandate.

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