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Working at Bear Stearns in New York, NY: 15 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in New York, NY Area

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On average, employees in New York, NY at Bear Stearns give their company a 1.3 rating out of 5.0 based on 15, whereas overall Average Rating of Bear Stearns is 4.1 out of 5.0 based on 78 Bear Stearns Review Ratings. The happiest Bear Stearns employees in New York, NY are QA Leads submitting an average rating of 5.0 and Network Operations Engineers with a rating of 4.4.

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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 21 Bear Stearns Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.1
Growth Opportunities
3.8
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.3
Rewards You Receive
4.3
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
4.1
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Working at Bear Stearns in New York, NY: 15 Employee Reviews

QA Lead
in New York, NY
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Managing Director
in New York, NY
Person You Work For 4.4 / 5 People You Work With 4.6 / 5 Work Setting 4.6 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4.4 / 5 Way You Work 4.3 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.1
Bear Stearns (78)
4.3 Highest Rated in this Industry is Illinois Department of Transportation (7)
3.4 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Associated Press (26)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (797)
Network Operations Engineer
in New York, NY
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4.5 / 5 Way You Work 4.5 / 5
Senior Architect
in New York, NY
Person You Work For 3.9 / 5 People You Work With 3.9 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3.4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.2 / 5
Company Culture 3.3 / 5 Way You Work 2.4 / 5
Data Programmer
in New York, NY

"One of the worst jobs I ever had."

Person You Work For 3.3 / 5 People You Work With 3.9 / 5 Work Setting 1.7 / 5
Support You Get 1.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.2 / 5
Company Culture 1.7 / 5 Way You Work 1.5 / 5
Research Associate
in New York, NY

"The world lost one of the most unique cultures when Bear was purchased."

Technical Project Manager
in New York, NY

"A great place to work for."

Risk Manager
in New York, NY

"Satisfactory place to work, but very political"

What do you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"Salary, Work/Life Balance"

What don't you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"Not at exciting of career as others, politics often made simple tasks take longer"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Empower employees more"

Senior Consultant
in New York, NY

What do you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"Great company."

Options Supervisor
in New York, NY

"Was first career experience"

What do you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"Started career with a new Product - Options, gained my first work experience"

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

"Company brought by JP Morgan Chase"

What don't you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"Ws a great learning experience, good mentors"

Oracle Developer
in New York, NY

What do you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"To learn the financial world"

Executive Assistant
in New York, NY

"I moved up quickly within the ranks and was well-rewarded. However, the company itself went under."

What do you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"They hired many good people and took care of them."

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

"The company is no longer in business, except for a tiny fraction within JPMorganChase."

What don't you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"Unfortunately, some in certain areas of the firm were self-serving and not like the traditional, client-focused Bear Stearns employee."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should have prevented the illegal actions in mortgage-backed securities and elsewhere."

Technical Manager
in New York, NY

"Great place world class bank"

What do you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"Larget Banks and most sucessfull"

What don't you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"I lost my job after the merger."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Efficency gains to consolidations."

Global Information Risk Manager
in New York, NY

"Things happy fast"

What do you like about working at Bear Stearns?

"Global scope"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reduce cost"

Programmer Analyst
in New York, NY

"Excellent for Career choice"

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

"Make sure you're ready - dont want to blow an opportunity like this"

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