Fidelity Investments reviews

This company does not value experience it values personal relationships within the company. It is VERY common for newcomers to feel pressure to "drink the kool aid" or they will learn very quickly how things are really run here. Bullying, mind games, favoritism but most importantly stealing ideas runs rampant. As you will probably read in other reviews, there is an uncomfortable cult-like atmosphere that is quite frankly, unsettling. Fidelity likes to hire its own interns or early career people that don't know better but anyone that has worked at any other company knows that: 1) The benefits are not that great: many companies of the same caliber offer equal if not better benefits. 2) The titles are incredibly inflated (personal relationships rule this place, not expertise). Fidelity pays with fancy titles when "promoted" in lieu of salary increases. As someone who had worked at other finance companies this was by far the most unethical I have ever experienced. If you're an early career person and would like to try it out, I suggest you get the experience and move on. If you are a tenured person, careful, this is not a company that pays well nor values your experience. You will be welcomed by people who have been here for years are not friendly if you don't rave about fidelity and its benefits everyday (literally). Strange place.

Where to begin... - Management is just appalling at all levels. One of the managers said "depression isn't an illness", which just sums up their entire attitude - People are placed in roles that may not suit them (or may not be what they applied for), and are just told to suck it up - Office politics are a joke - Bullying is ignored - Employees are left to stagnate if they annoy the wrong person - Really old tech, complicated systems, way too slow to upgrade - Use a lot of obscure tech so it's hard to find solutions online - WFH policy isn't clear, and some managers only allow seniors to WFH, while others allow anyone who's passed probation. - People in senior positions just because they've been working there a long time, who have no business being that level at all - All the interesting work is taken from Ireland and given to US teams - Dublin offices are way out in Citywest, so not an ideal location - Bad quality laptops with virtual desktops that keep crashing, meaning it can be impossible to get work done - Everything is slowed down by pointless bureaucracy - Terrible canteen with unhealthy food that's listed as healthy Overall, your experience depends entirely on who your manager is. If you get stuck with a bad one (of which there are many), it's nearly impossible to escape from them without handing in your notice.