Mediocre outlook + extremely poor and deceptive culture - Software Engineer T. Rowe Price Employee Review

2.0
25 Sept 2020
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Pros

- Effort on infrastructure modernization - The NY office is nice - Smart, congenial colleagues - Good WLB Really has potential to be a great place to work if not for some of the glaring negatives.

Cons

- Repeated pattern of paying lip service to try to cover big blunders in decisions. There are currently a number of critical modernization initiative the company is attempting to undergo, and there is very little accountability and continued missed deadlines. When this happens, mgmt finds a scapegoat (or multiple) to blame, makes very little process efficiency improvements, and then continues down the same route. This goes on until a point of no return, at which point leaders will simply bail on the project altogether. - NYC mgmt is truly sub-par. They are rude, 'cliquey', and aggressive. They are not invested in growth of employees, do not recognize good work where it's being done, and have no interest in building a respectful office culture. So much playing politics and continuing to reward poor-performing 'yes-men' that it's nauseating. - The sales pitch of the office is that it has a startup vibe with the backing of a large financial firm. This could not be further from the truth. TRP is just like any other antiquated financial firm, and as such, focuses heavily on hiring cheap contracted labor instead of FTE's whom they cycle through consistently to show senior mgmt that they're making people changes when deadlines are blown through. - Horrible culture of intimidation. Numerous issues have been brought up to mgmt, and they were ignored (and then you're put on the 'naughty list').

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
12 Jun 2026
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Pros

Total compensation is competitive, new hires are eager to jump in, and it seems like a company strategy is finally coming together. Things continue to move slowly though because projects from the loudest voice or most tenured associates tend to get prioritized and throw off critical investments into fixing data, process, and tech debt issues to mature our ability to market like it’s 2026 instead of 2016.

Cons

Too many bottlenecks to execution; If you’re seeking to make a meaningful impact, don’t expect it fast. Expect to navigate uncertainty while the company claims to help clients do this for their portfolios instead of helping associates to help clients — This is branded fluff for leadership without clear direction, driving teams to waste too much time and energy in meetings and boring demo decks every month to make being busy look like value by being the loudest voice, which is what you’ll notice many of the most tenured associates do best. Slides might look pretty but AI doesn’t make sense of this noise and clients don’t benefit from all the hours spent in PowerPoint. Unclear ownership leads to internal redundancies or team friction, on top of the inconsistent documentation and fragmented data siloes that are ironically impeding readiness for AI mandates coming from the CEO.

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