Federal Reserve System Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Very progressive with grasping onto the agile manifesto and embracing any solutions to create an environment of efficiency."

"Long hours, very customer focused. High turnover."

"The chief economist was essentially fudging data and I was punished for not going along out of principles."

"Bank has good values but some of the managers are not aligned with bank values."

"It is a pretty demanding environment. The department is overworked. The manager lacks basic leadership ability and is known for throwing his reports under the bus. He is also a known micromanager, creates unnecessary additional work, and is emotionally/verbally abusive.There is very little work-life balance, and low morale on my team. No one wants to go to HR because of retaliation."

"Great learning experience, and very relaxed work environment."

What do you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"The people are very friendly and open to conversation. This makes the environment very amiable"

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

"Go in relaxed. Interviews are held primarily by research associates (peers) who want to gauge the ability for you to learn how to do the job rather than your current efficacy."

What don't you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"The 2-3 year and out policy of Research Associates/Assistant Economists. Also, the lack of learning how to apply different lenses to analyses. You are merely taught the lenses specific to the economist you work for."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Not much. Management does a fine job at trying to appease economists and RAs"

What do you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"Co-workers, stable company, & fast paced but low stress environment."

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

"Be clean cut, punctual, & make sure your cell is off."

What don't you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"The expectation of 110% effort, & not happy with only 100%."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Not everyone fits inside the same box, look outside the box."

"Excellent"

What do you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"The company was very supportive of my goals and self-improvement."

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

"Make sure that when interviewing you have an understanding of how The Federal Reserve works."

What don't you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"I like everything about working for the Federal Reserve Bank."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management was great at the Federal Reserve Bank and I have no suggestions."

What do you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"I really liked the people and the environment was excellent."

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

"Pay attention to detail and make sure you communicate well with your managers."

What don't you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"It was a rather slow environment due to the hiring managers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hiring manager need to be more aggressive with their requisitions."

"Great team, great leave, lots of help available, organized."

What do you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"Stable job, good pay for a recent grad, office is great"

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

"It is a good job for a recent grad. Great possibilities to broaden knowledge in web development"

What don't you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"When money has to be acquired, the Gov might choose useless directions"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve supervising approach for newcomers. Improve on technological tools and software"

What do you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"I am always doing something new and being challenged. I get to travel and work from home."

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

"I would tell them to know there stuff they will weed out the people that cant walk the walk."

What don't you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"Sometimes things can get caught up in red tape and take a long time to get completed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"not much I think the direction we are heading in is good."

"Good company, limited loan programs"

What do you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"It was my first mortgage job....great experience, and good people"

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

"See what therI options for growth and expansion are, and if there is any additional opportunites."

What don't you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"They only did what we referred to as A paper, conventional loans."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Expand your loan programs with everyone else out there, and don't limit your emp;oyee's knowledge"

What do you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"Their facility was beautiful and the high security made you feel important."

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

"Anyone applying must be able to work at a high pace with extreme attention to detail."

What don't you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"Coworkers didn't talk while working and the atmosphere was tense."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If employees were allowed to listen to music, they could still focus on their work and workers would feel more comfortable."