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This place is a career killer - Anonymous employee Edelman Financial Engines Employee Review

1.0
29 Nov 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Could have said people at one point in time but now no pros, seriously, none.

Cons

Like I said above this place is a career killer. The tech stack is the most outdated in the Valley. Ever since Mutual Fund store execs got a more prominent seat at the table, the new faces in management cannot be trusted. The Mutual Fund gang is on a mission to transform Financial Engines' culture to their own which means FinTech to NoTech. If you are someone who cares about engineering, product and innovation then do yourself and your career a favor by staying far away from this place. No matter how much money these people throw at you simply stay away because you are going to be miserable once you come in.

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Cons

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Pros

- Great team from department head down - Collaboration is encouraged - Self-starter culture with good room for side projects - "See something, say something" approach allows questioning methodology without a feeling of personal attacks or "dumb questions" and enables team members to support each other in a safe environment - Work from home

Cons

- Executive leadership does not know what they want - Consistent turnover in C-Suite leads to departments acting like small internal companies rather than part of a larger system - Limited permission access for team members means that any absence or time-off can lead to a backlog of deployments

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