Anyone go through this rotational program? Looking for some insight on the work, day to day functions, work culture, etc.
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Just stay away from the marketing department. They are incompetent bullies that run a toxic department.
I finished the program but as a Tech Analyst last year and stayed on for full time but I interacted with corp analyst people during mixers and employee resource group events. The program is great for a start to your career. You’ll get to engage with people who operate at a high level in the company and you’ll get the opportunity to see what a lot of people do within the company so you can get a better idea of how everything all fits together.
The bad: Work culture here is completely shot, the layoffs, the monitoring, the office not even having enough space for all the people they forced back into the office. The facilities are going into disrepair fast, there is a smashed exterior window at the Alpharetta office and nothing has been done about it, the new CEO even gave a speech to the office with it in full view. It looks like someone tried to jump out the window there, but in actuality I think a bird hit it a few months ago. Most people are biding their time until they can just hop ship for a better job. Financial insecurity keeps us here. Lots of long time employees are quitting/retiring/being laid off and old tribal knowledge is dying with them. They are monitoring in office time now and if you don’t hit 8 hours(9 for managers) you’re at risk for being let go/laid off, you also get tracked with some garbage productivity monitoring software(Great to know exactly how much time I’m wasting out of my life). Fiserv has big issues, but at the end of the day it’s their issue and you’ll outlive them. Good start to your career, terrible to continue and even worse to retire with. Good luck.
If you’re fresh out of college… it’s good place to start your career. Culture is so terrible though.
These posts are totally accurate in every way. Very sad and true.
I’m assuming you’re fresh out of college/early career. If that’s the case and you have no other options take the job. Having a horrible job is better than nothing and you can bounce afterwards. It’s harder to break into white collar jobs the longer you wait.
Typically it’s two one year rotations but if you enjoy your team, or if they don’t have enough people you’ll stay on the same team. You usually get the busy work no one else wants to do. After that you’ll get a take it or leave it offer that’s 1) more money then you’d ever made in your life 2) not that competitive compared to other companies on the Tech/Finance side.
The culture here is…not good. Tracking software on laptops (illegal in most first-world countries btw), have to be in the office between 8-9 hours a day with little exceptions, and managers have no autonomy. Have lost a lot of institutional knowledge and morale since the first data merger.
Lastly most of the complaints here are from more established professionals which is why we seem like sour grapes. It’s frustrating to be monitored and treated like a child when you’re a subject matter expert in your field, responsible for six-figure savings across departments, and expected to be on call/work on the weekends with no overtime.
If the reviews on this site havent told you what you need to know about working here then you kind of deserve what you might get.
If you enjoy being monitored at every second - including not being allowed to have sidebars with your colleagues because your keyboard won’t be active at that time and you’ll get called out for it at the end of the month go for it.
If you enjoy sitting in an office for 9 hours a day 5 days a week even though there isn’t 45 hours of work to do most of the time have at it.
If your happy getting next to zero raises and no matter how hard you work and what results you produce you get a ‘meets expectations’ every year then this is for you.