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Barings used to be a great place to work under the former C Suite management however times have changed. New CIO is focused on the bean counting and doing more with less while ignoring employees' preferences on where to work. A survey asked employees how much they wanted to be in the office. The overwhelming majority stated less than twice a week. New CIO mandates 3 days a week. Rather than helping lower the barrier to getting to the office (parking is 200+ a month), they are trying to bribe us with free lunches from the onsite cafe which is equivalent to a high school level lunch. Speaking with my colleagues he is in for a rude awakening as there will be a massive brain drain coming as we are tired of being underpaid, overworked, no upward mobility and soon to be a worsening work-life balance due to this out-of-touch RTO change. STAY AWAY from the IT Side of the ORG and run if you are already here.

Barings was great. The tech department was a mess, though. Lots of leaders who were not technical people meant lots of systems, lots of changes, and lots of turnover. 

It could be a bit slow creatively, but my direct managers and co-workers were great. The tech department at as a whole felt chaotic, though. 

From what I hear this is changing as truly technical people are slowly being put into places of mgmt. I imagine that will be a slow process. I wish them luck, they only ever treated me excellently.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Easy to work for,  can work on your own without any micromanaging. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I experienced no stress at this job,  except the trainer who came back in contact to train and doesn't know how to train. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very relaxed, comfortable, trustworthy,  professional 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Just worked on my laptop all day

Opportunity to meet with portfolio managers and analysts to grow my understanding of the day-to-day business functions; Attended group and individual investor relations meetings with financial executives to explore analyst criteria for valuations of firms; Completed long-term qualitative research and valuations of competitors to compliment the quantitative information collected by Health Care analysts

What is the best part of working at the company?
Coworkers are great, decent technology stack

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management is indecisive and lax. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Disorganized and free for all in some departments 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Varies on who's working and market volatility.

My favorite thing about this company was the team I worked with. Of all the places I worked Barings had the best group dynamic of all. The team worked hard, was professional  and was very supportive of one another. Because of this I still miss the entire team to this day. The only reason I left was because I wanted to do new things in software but hardly a day goes by I don't wish that I would have stayed. The work w

One of the few companies left in the industry that offers a pension for employees. Bonuses have historically been very good, but rumored to be worse in the coming year. Benefits/Insurance is quite good (Medical, Dental, Vision). They are closing down the old northeastern headquarters and relocating to Charlotte which has many who have established their lives in the Northeast worried about their jobs.

It’s Reorg after reorg at Barings, literally constantly since I have been there.  Finish a reorg project rand go to the next one with no end in sight.  Very Eurocentric and behind on technology.  Operates in ridiculously small teams with lots of exposure to “key person” risk.  I don’t recommend at all

Great, comfortable place to work. Pay was enough that as an intern I could fully support myself, allowing me to relocate. The work was challenging tough not impossible. I worked exactly 40 hours a week and never had to worry or call in outside of work. I didn't receive any benefits as an Intern, but that's standard.

Prepared the funds available for investment for the commercial paper traders.

Learned to manage people, improve processes and improve the product.

Hardest part of the job was working with third party vendors that did not have the same fiduciary sense of responsibility as me.

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