Working at State Street in Boston, MA: 57 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Boston, MA Area

"I started working at state street as a Intern in the Risk Analytics team. The work culture is what everyone expects and people are very friendly and kind. I would recommend working in state Street as I got to learn a lot of things."

"I've worked for State Street for over 6 years in several different roles. The opportunity to learn about the industry is there, but the compensation relative to the amount of work being done and the quality of the work does not match."

"Very orthodox bureaucratic environment. IT is extremely inefficient on top Wipro/IBM outsourcing makes it worse. Many outdated technologies still in use. But over all compensation is good."

"Good company overall. I wouldn't leave if I had a full-time/permanent position."

"SSgA was a good company to work for however there wasn't much transparency from the executive level down and it was very difficult to complete assigned tasks."

"I have been working with State Street since July 2012. I started as a Security Operation Officer in the physical security department. I came to know about the Onsite Tech position in a different department of State Street and started working as an Onsite Tech since February 2013. This is a good starting job."

"Good to work in this environment provided by statestreet."

What do you like about working at State Street?

"Location, feedback from managers, interaction with co-workers. Project content itself"

What don't you like about working at State Street?

"Contract ended two months earlier than expected. Some daily reports were deemed unnecessary well after production"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve log term vision for project and hire employees accordingly."

What do you like about working at State Street?

"The people are great. The company values their employees' quality of work life balance. Flex and Work from home opportunities are a big plus."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's a good place to work. The people are great. The pay is sub par."

What don't you like about working at State Street?

"The many different systems and teams which as a result cause duplication of efforts and increased costs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Eliminate the secondary systems and costs to support them. Focus on identifying and improving the primary system. Initiate a corporate wide standardization of data and applications. Eliminate the various mappings from one system to the other. The terminology should be the same."

"Overall my experience with State Street has been great."

What do you like about working at State Street?

"State Street has a great reputation in the Financial Industry and really strives to be a well rounded company with good work life balance."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself, State Street enjoys when a candidate is confident and has a nice personality."

What don't you like about working at State Street?

"There isn't a whole lot of internal potential for promotions within my experience."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think management is doing a great job but could benefit from offering small changed to some of the benefits they currently have, such as commuting or parking options."

What do you like about working at State Street?

"I like the ablity to work with number and figure out problems."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know it is a very tight corporate culture and you need to know your math"

What don't you like about working at State Street?

"I didn't like the corporate culture, I think it could have been more relaxed"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to make sure they are cultivating ideas form the workers below them."

"Was good and stable place to work."

What do you like about working at State Street?

"Stability and good salary, updated software and technology, nice team work environment. Organize well training for employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared well from technical and business side. Learn more about company from Corporate Web site."

What don't you like about working at State Street?

"Slow with promotions. Without very strong efforts it is almost impossible to grow."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better estimate time for project completion. Many projects, plans should be evaluated much deeper, before starting them."

"Great learning experience and ability to contribute to the company growth"

What do you like about working at State Street?

"The organization greatly promoting teamwork and importance of collaboration. Great benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Expect organizational changes and switching of responsibilities. Focus on the teamwork."

What don't you like about working at State Street?

"Contibnuous reorganizations and transformations, within both IT and business organizations. Unstable chain of commands."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Provide more support and direction to the lower level employees, secure solid communication channels and chain of command."

"it is a ok place to work for"

What do you like about working at State Street?

"it is a good place for people are graudated from the university."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"if you get a inteview with statestreet, you should try to be youself."

What don't you like about working at State Street?

"I am looking for better career development during that time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"the top managment need to think more about the employees."

What do you like about working at State Street?

"International work environment. Fast paced and challenging corporate culture. Reputed company"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Yes, State Street is huge organization and a great company to work for but ensure you are interviewing for a role that meets your career expectations in the long run as certain departments are limited in this regard."

What don't you like about working at State Street?

"There is less room for career growth within my department."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Assign more responsibilities to staff members. Organize team structure and company practices to overall enhance company efficiency."