Federal Reserve System Employee Job Reviews in the United States

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."

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

"I have found the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland to have fair compensation and great benefits."

"A very good place to work."

"I worked for the Federal Reserve for 23 years. Great career experience and great benefits. Awesome colleagues."

"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."

"I began my career with the Fed in 1992 as a graphic designer and illustrator. I have been blessed with this successful career, allowing me to raise and provide for my family. The Fed is a great organization with an important mission serving the public. My career has been very rewarding."

What do you like about working at Federal Reserve System?

"Good Benefits and most co workers are nice"

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

"A lot of stress"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more involved with day to day work"

"My experience was overall great in the beginning though after time, the culture became less about the people using qualitative judgment and more about quantitative models. Risks were going unidentified and when this was brought to management's attention, concerns were dismissed."