Mediocrity and Nice People - Enterprise Account Executive T. Rowe Price Employee Review

3.0
21 Nov 2022
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Pros

Most of the people are nice enough. The company provides healthy/tasty food options and incentivizes employees to eat healthier by increasing the subsidsy for those healthier items. The nature room is cool. You can meditate, listen to nature sounds, and work quietly to reduce stress. There are pockets of people who strive for excellence on the service side and a culture of excellence on the investments side.

Cons

Too much groupthink and clapping people on the back for mediocrity on the service side. It felt like if you are in the clique, you get promoted even if you have NO experience. Two ill-planned whims got the green light to become the "next big learning initiative" because the people who pitched the ideas were in the clique. T. Rowe Price says they want change and to be innovators, but low-level managers on the service side can beat the innovation out of you in favor of conformity. In my experience, this was especially true of lower-level managers who are long-timers of T. Rowe. T. Rowe "Nice" culture where it is frowned upon to challenge old paradigms and give direct critique. They seem to value the semblance of harmony over holding poor performers and mediocre performers accountable.

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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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