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3.9
Average Rating
(based on 96 State Street Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.7
Growth Opportunities
3.5
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.2
Rewards You Receive
3.6
Support You Get
3.7
Way You Work
4.1
Work Setting
3.9
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Associate

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."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Assistant Vice President

"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."

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 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Application Developer

"A good company to work for overall."

What do you like about working at State Street?

"Financial company with opportunity to work outside of regular expertise. Chances for cross training and experiences."

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

"Try conforming to financial institutional norms for appearance, behavior. Always remember that this company manages others people money and needs to look responsible while doing so."

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

"Very large and monolithic, policies often seemed to be contradictory and inconsistent. Upper management often appears to be disconnected from workings of company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Streamline company policies, evaluate policies for consistencym coherency, and revelancy."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Equipment Services Project Manager

"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."

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

"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."

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

What do you like about working at State Street?

"It was positive working environment; the staff were friendly and management was accomodating"

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

"Make sure you know your QA methodology and brush us on your QA testing skills"

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 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
International Tax Analyst

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."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Mutual Fund Accountant

"I really enjoy working here."

What do you like about working at State Street?

"It is a great company and it provides a diverse array of tools needed to work efficiently"

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

"I would suggest focusing on learning some company background and entering the interview with a positive attitude."

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

"I enjoy working at State Street, however I am interested in pursuing a career as a Financial Analyst, for which there are no current openings within the company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think management is doing a great job unifying the work force and providing positive encouragement."

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

"State Street was a good starting point for my financial career."

What do you like about working at State Street?

"I was able to work well with others in a professional enviroment"

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

"My only tip for interviewers is to enjoy State Street"

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

"I have nothing I did not like about the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My only suggestion for management is to keep up the good work."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Corporate Action Specialist

"I loved my job and had good relationship with my colleagues and superiors."

What do you like about working at State Street?

"My group had good working relationship, we had a boss that inspired and supports us."

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

"It's important to be polite. Be honest, show confidence but not arrogance."

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

"The company's decision to outsource our jobs which hurt a lot of employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I hope that management would be more considerate to the people that dedicates their time to help the company succeed."

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

What do you like about working at State Street?

"fast paced environment, interesting analysis, great customers and great colleagues"

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

"be honest, proactive and clear about what position you are interested in"

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

"the morning shift, waking up at 4:00am to be in the office by 6:00am"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"management is doing a great job keeping staff informed of their decisions"

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

What do you like about working at State Street?

"I like the atmosphere within the group. Its a great atmosphere,"

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

"Try to connect to the interviewers personally. You will most likely be working for that person directly."

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

"It's a very large company, which comes with a lot of red tape to get anything done."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To try and have the corporate structure a little more loose."

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

"Very educational, suberb people, excellent benefits"

What do you like about working at State Street?

"Benefits, people, education and support you receive on projects. Social environment where you can have fun and do your job well."

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

"Look at the entire scope of a person's skills. Sometimes a fresh eye is the clearest."

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

"The constant project changes, supervisor changes and layoffs. Difficult not knowing if you have job security."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep it simple. If somethng is working, don't change it."

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 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Investment Performance Analyst

"ample opportunities to learn, grow"

What do you like about working at State Street?

"There are ample opportunities for learning, improving, growing in the investment management company."

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

"Candidates having certifications, advanced degrees and experience are well rewarded. The company also encourages and sponsors these; so do not miss the opportunity!"

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

"The work culture at the company was great and I loved being a part of the firm."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management is good, attentive, provides ample freedom to work."

Person You Work For 4 / 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
Real Estate Manager

What do you like about working at State Street?

"I always enjoy the people that I work with. The diversity of issues and problems to solve within my role was also a positive challenge."

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

"Be professional. Show them that even if you are entry level you are a cut above the rest."

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

"The size of the corporation and the fact that all of the major decision makers are located on the east coast was always a challenge."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Decisions need to be made with both short and long term impacts considered."

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

State Street Reviews FAQs

Is State Street a good company to work for?

State Street has an overall rating of 3.9 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 96 State Street Review Ratings left anonymously by State Street employees, which is equal to the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 98% of employees would recommend working at State Street.

Does State Street pay their employees well?

State Street employees earn $55,000 annually on average, or $26 per hour, which is 17% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 57 State Street employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find State Street Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at State Street?

98% of employees would recommend working at State Street with the overall rating of 3.9 out of 5. Employees also rated State Street 3.7 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.6 for Rewards You Receive, 3.5 for Growth Opportunities and 3.7 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at State Street?

According to our data, the highest paying job at State Street is a SVP of Investments at $201,000 annually. Browse State Street Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at State Street?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at State Street is a Cashier at $14,000 annually. Browse State Street Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at State Street?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at State Street to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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