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Working at Merrill Lynch in Pennington, NJ: 11 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Pennington, NJ Area

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On average, employees in Pennington, NJ at Merrill Lynch give their company a 2.4 rating out of 5.0 based on 11, whereas overall Average Rating of Merrill Lynch is 4.0 out of 5.0 based on 352 Merrill Lynch Review Ratings. The happiest Merrill Lynch employees in Pennington, NJ are QA Analysts submitting an average rating of 5.0 and Developers with a rating of 4.4.

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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 171 Merrill Lynch Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
3.7
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.9
Support You Get
4.0
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
4.2
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"Great opportunity for both professional and compensation advancement, but the economy and company strength very weak... great opportunity at the wrong time."
Posted 15 years ago in Pinehurst, NC

Working at Merrill Lynch in Pennington, NJ: 11 Employee Reviews

Project Leader

"Considerable culture clash since BofA takeover."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Supportive, professional co-workers with considerable diversity in backgrounds and culture."

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

"Be honest and straight-forward regarding qualifications and abilities; emphasize soft skills."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Constant threat of RIF since BofA takeover lends an air of paranoia to workday."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open to employees' concerns regarding corporate cultural differences between BofA and ML."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Systems Architect

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"If there's anything, it is stability. But then again, they laid me off last December, only to hire me back again three days later. Then let me go in January, but then asked me to stay again two days later. Yeesh."

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

"Run away from them as fast as your feet will carry you!"

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"They are taking advantage of the current economic climate to coerce their contract workers into working a lot of extra, unpaid hours."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Learn what really motivates people, and put a program in place to take advantage of it. Read Dan Pink's Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Really Motivates Us, and do something about it!"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

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Merrill Lynch (352)

4.8 Highest Rated in this Industry is Harlem Hospital Center (14)
2.2 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Nightingale Home Healthcare (12)
3.7 Average of All Companies in this Industry (10,809)
Developer
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Business Analyst
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Investment Services Advisor
Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 3.1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.4 / 5
Company Culture 1.4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior .NET Developer

"The review is nice and covers many parameters that usually define a person's affinity towards a work place."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4.5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
QA Analyst
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
Senior Specialist

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"I loved the culture and the fact that the company encouraged you to not only know about other cultures, but to experience them, for example through food. I enjoyed the fact that they let you work and tried to make the environment, while going through a transition, better. I liked the fact that the big bosses in my department, wanted to hear your thoughts and ideas."

Portal Developer

"Great company."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Friendly working environment."

Business Support Specialist

"Overall, wonderful experience."

What do you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"Great learning and career growth opportunity."

What don't you like about working at Merrill Lynch?

"No complaints."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Know more about what their employees do before making day-to-day operational business changes."

Skilled IT Leader

"Working at Merrill Lynch was a great professional experience."

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