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	Involved in the entire software Testing Life Cycle of the projects from Initiation to Implementation. 
	Create test plan and test cases for manual and automated testing from the business requirements to match the project's initiatives.
	Tested various ETL transformation rules based on log files, data movement and with help of SQL.
	Created and executed detailed test cases with step by step procedure and expected result. Maintained the test logs, test reports, test issues, defect tracking using Quality center 9.2. 
	Extensively used Data Stage for extraction, transformation and loading process. 
	Tested to verify that all data were synchronized after the data is troubleshoot, and also used SQL to verify my test cases. 
	Creating and executing SQL queries to perform Data Integrity testing on an Oracle Database to validate and test data using TOAD/Exceed. 
	Tested several complex reports generated by Cognos including Dashboard, Summary Reports, Master Detailed, Drill Down and Score Cards 
	Worked with ETL group for understanding Data Stage graphs for dimensions and facts.
	Writing complex SQL queries for data validation for verifying the SSIS Packages and business Rules.
	Worked as ETL Tester responsible for the requirements / ETL Analysis, ETL Testing and designing of the flow and the logic for the Data warehouse project.
	Facilitated the sharing of structured data across different information systems using XML Created and executed automation scripts using QTP 
	Tested Data stage Hashed files for extracting and write data - an intermediate file in a job.
	Ran workflows created in Informatica by developers then compared before and after transformation of data generated to ensure that transformation was successful.
	Good experience in validating the Adhoc and OLAP cube 
	Used XSLT for document is transformed into another XML document that uses the formatting vocabulary Written several complex SQL queries for validating Cognos Reports.
	Validated Cognos Standard Reports created based on Frame work manager and Cube.
	Worked with Perl and UNIX shell scripts. Worked with releasing scripts live and tested.
	Tracked bugs using Quality Center and generated the defect reports for review by the client and the management teams. 
	Performed ETL testing and extensively used SQL functionalities. Used TOAD to connect to Oracle Database.
	Perform defect Tracking and reporting with strong emphasis on root-cause analysis to determine where and why defects are being introduced in the development process. 
	Tested different master detail, summary reports, ad-hoc reports and on demand reports using Cognos Report Studio. 
	Strong in writing UNIX shells scripting. Automated and scheduled the Data stage jobs using UNIX Shell Scripting.
	Participate in weekly meeting with the management team and walkthroughs

BR
Ha Ha Ha what a joke!
The HR department is a circus
Miscommunication between HR representatives leave you confused and frustrated
Interviews can be cancelled randomly or rescheduled after you arrive on site.If and when you do get an interview, the questions asked will have very little to do with your daily activities.

Low pay
They will lowball your offer.  It will be 25 - 35% below market rate.  Other companies pay much better.

In office
you will be required to be in the office every day at least every other week.  Other companies allow remote work or Work From Home indefinitely.

High stress
You will be double and triple booked for meetings with little time to do your job.  You will be required to finish your work on time. You will use outdated technology and any attempt to modernize will be met with reluctance and push back from management and other groups you interact with.  You will be working after hours and on weekends to finish the work you should have done during the week but were not able due to conflicts, meetings and other groups not responding.  Escalating any issue will be useless, your manager will be unreachable due to multiple meetings and addressing other issues.  You will be responsible for the failure to complete your task.  Other companies have a less complex or flattened hierarchy where communication is ongoing and feedback is timely.

Time off
You will be denied time off during "Proxy Season". A season invented by Broadridge.  Prior to "Proxy Season" you will  be denied time off due to finishing projects before "Proxy Season" starts.  After "Proxy Season" you will be denied time off, due to support issues that were discovered during "Proxy Season".  You will only be given 3 weeks maximum unless you have 5 or more years of service where you will get 1 more week.  Other companies allow unlimited time off from the first day of employment.

Training
Any training offered is worthless.  It will become a nice to have skill that will not be beneficial in your current role.  Eventually, the project will go in a different direction and the training you took will no longer be relevant.

If you want to be in the office every other week, for low pay and high stress with no time off and forced into training that will not be used, then this is the place for you. But if you want to work from home indefinitely at market rate with no stress and access to management whenever you want or need with unlimited PTO days, then there are many other companies to look at.  As a bonus, at many other companies you will have an opportunity to use cutting edge technology with the opportunity to train, learn and grow.
Basically the only people that are satisfied working at Broadridge are those that have worked there for over 10 years and have enough time off and rank to ignore requests from anyone.  They are the ones that are unreachable, and the ones that will cause you the most stress

Overall I have to admit that this is by far the best place I've ever worked at in my entire life, and my boss/managers are the best I've ever had. For the specific team I work with, we have our issues from time to time but we all have grown and developed together from the beginning and have made major strides as a group. As far as management, I can honestly say we've had it pretty good because our managers are understanding that life throws you curveballs and sometimes things happen, and they give us a lot of leeway when it comes to that type of stuff (ie. if an emergency happens and we have to leave early, or if something came up and we won't be able to make it in, they don't hassle us as long as we're not abusing their thoughtfulness).

The one problem I have is the pay; everything else is close to perfect except the pay. When we first started the pandemic was still pretty relevant even though it was towards the backend, so all of us that were hired obviously needed jobs and this was a great opportunity after not being employed for some time; however, as time went on, inflation and various other factors drastically changed the financial landscape and the pay rate we started with and have leaves me literally living paycheck to paycheck with barely anything left between pay periods. They keep telling us "we're supposed to get a new client and opportunities can open up", and "oh you can gain skills and apply to jobs internally"...but what is left out is that if we're being honest,  a majority of the skills for our team that we use and have gained aren't really transferable to other available positions and other teams within the company (unless you already had prior experience in those areas before working here). We got a borderline insulting 60 cent raise after we outperformed all expectations considering we were a brand new team, and have dealt with issue after issue that for the most part we've be on our own with fixing and figuring out. It's really disappointing knowing nothing is going to change because as I said previously, this is a really decent job with pretty decent people, but the fact is unless you're not paying any bills or have to pay anything substantial in your life, it's hard to do anything other than barely get by paycheck to paycheck, especially if you have kids.

Once again, I love working here and even though there's been some issues here and there, this is by far the best place I've ever worked at, snd by far the best bosses I've ever had...but the pay isn't cutting it. It is literally my only problem with the job, and if it were to ever change for the better I can honestly say I would probably stay here as long as I possibly could.

Broadridge is a leading provider of investor communications and technology-driven-solutions to banks, broker-dealers, mutual funds, and corporations globally. Our systems and services include investor communication solutions, securities processing and operations. In short, we provide the infrastructure that helps the financial services industry operate. With 50 years of experience, we provide financial services firms with advanced, dependable, scalable and cost-effective integrated services to help run their businesses.
Through our services, we help reduce the need for our clients to make significant capital investments in operations infrastructure allowing them to increase focus on their core business activities. We serve a large and diverse client base in the financial services industry, including retail and institutional brokerage firms, global banks, mutual funds, annuity companies, institutional investors, specialty trading firms, and clearing firms. We also provide services to corporate issuers.
For the world’s prominent banks; retail, institutional and discount brokers, clearing houses, mutual funds and hedge funds; investment managers and corporate issuers – Broadridge is the trusted and preferred choice for delivering services in operations infrastructure.
We deliver a broad range of solutions that help our clients better serve their retail and institutional customers across the entire investment lifecycle, including pre-trade, trade, and post-trade processing. Our securities processing systems enable our clients to process securities transactions in more than 50 countries. In fiscal year 2011, we distributed over one billion investor communications, including proxy materials, investor account statements, trade confirmations, tax statements and prospectuses; and on average we processed trillions of dollars of fixed income and equity trades per day.

Responsibilities:
• Involved in full development cycle of the project. Involved in requirements gathering, design and analysis, development, testing of the application.
• Developed mappings between objects and relational database tables retrieving results from the database using the middleware.
• Created Data Transfer Objects which are populated by Hibernates queries and transferred to the JSPs for display purposes.
• PE is a Struts based application. Created new Action classes, Action Forms and mappings between the classes for the application according to the business requirements.
• Designed and developed User Interfaces using JSPs,Java script, HTML and JQuery.
• Java Script was used for some front-end validations
• Spring-ORM module has also been used to develop business object.
• Developed APIs to interact with the Oracle database and retrieve the results to display in the front-end.
• Used Collection framework extensively during the development of the APIs.
• JDBC is used in some phases of the application for data retrieval and for invoking the Oracle Stored Procedures.
• Involved in developing Packages, Stored Procedures, Functions, PL/SQL scripts using SQL plus in Oracle database.
• Designed and implemented the enhancements of the application using various design patterns,
• Deployed and tested the application onto WebSphere application server.
• Deployed the application using web services over multiple networks.
• Developed test cases during the testing phase of the project. Log4j was used for logging errors in the application.
• Dealt with the cross-browser compatibility issues using DOM specification, version DOM Level 4.

Working in this company was one of the most uncomfortable and unprofessional experiences I have had. The work environment is extremely toxic, and management generates more stress than support. Supervision constantly made employees feel inferior, as if we were stupid or incapable, rather than helping us improve and learn. The atmosphere is full of negativity, gossip and unnecessary drama.

The training was completely ineffective in my experience. Instead of properly teaching and guiding new employees, the person in charge of training me seemed more interested in blaming me for the mistakes than actually helping me learn. There was very little patience, communication and constructive feedback. More than training, it felt like daily and hostile intimidation.

Another big problem is the lack of ethics and professionalism on the part of supervisors (Warehouse). The way they talk to employees is disrespectful, inappropriate and unmotivating. Employees deserve to be treated with respect, especially in a place where so much work and dedication are required on a daily basis.

The pay is also too low for the amount of work and responsibilities they expect from employees during each shift. Workers are overloaded, undervalued and constantly dealing with a hostile environment that affects everyone’s morale.

If you value professionalism, healthy leadership, fair pay and a positive work environment, I would sincerely recommend looking for another option.

Everyday at Broadridge is more or less the same. If you are a machine operator, you stand in front of a machine with your team and the ultimate goal is high production rates. The machine prints addresses onto whatever piece of literature you are using and you handle the material from skids onto the machine, ensuring a quality product upon completion. When I did data entry, I uploaded production rates for all workers onto Microsoft Excel in the most timely and accurate manner that I could. This job has taught me the importance of accuracy, close attention to detail and good leadership. The management is very patient with you and eager to help you learn your job. However, they do not tolerate error and are quick to strike down on those who mess up even just a few times. I've learned how to work hard, as I stood on my feet for 12 hours at a time on some nights, moving things around while maintaining my focus and constantly making sure I made no mistakes. At the end of a shift, it gives a sense of of accomplishment when you've completed almost 100,000 pieces and you are noticed. Bonuses are also awarded for outstanding rates of production.

I worked 2 different offices during my tenure. Completely different cultures; the first was very friendly, outgoing and willing to assist new employees. The 2nd was run more like 7th grade classroom with a teachers who was there to collect a paycheck and do nothing more. 
The "teacher assistants" or supervisors were not well schooled. Everyday appeared to be a recess, with uncontrolled students. Loud disruptive employees who ran the classroom. Foul, vulgar language, too much chatter and not enough productivity. 
As for "training" it was virtually non-existent. 5, 10, 15 minute 'training periods', with not enough time for questions and answers. The Supervisors were basically 'classroom monitors' lacking the proper training. They rarely went out of their way to offer any assistance, and expected the employees to be 'sitting robots'. 
Broadridge, while being a multi-billion dollar company needs to invest in their product. Compensation is not commensurate with the job requirements. Supervisors need training in office/ business culture. Don't place people in a 'position of power' because they know a program. Department managers need retraining in order to effectively oversee their respective departments.

Broadridge is always looking for contractors because consultants are dismissed every quarter with their quarterly earnings reports. Look for changes every October/December/April/July.  The contract term is written for one year, but rarely goes beyond 6 months.   No benefits or paid time off. Don't accept anything less than $73/hour.  The only communication with the consultants is regarding your time card until your last day. Your last day will consist of a phone call after 7 pm. in the evening informing you that your last day was today. Work 45 hours every week in order to get pre-paid for holidays and time off. Ask them what the average/mean duration or tenure for each consultant is working for the department. There are contractors with account management, creative, and professional services.  Reality is completely different than the actual contract. Get something in the contract to protect yourself when they cancel it without notice.  Take the job for the money and continue to look for additional work with a team that values your time and expertise. The truth is it is a short term job, just a paycheck.

First impressions show a lot of immediate contempt towards newcomers, which explains the high turnover rate. A senior employee would complain that new people would not last long, which begs the question as to why the negative energy to begin with. Managers and higher-ups tend to sound extremely tense and lack emotional intelligence or consistency, resulting in low employee morale.
Initially free lunch was given until pandemic rules loosened, despite daily substantial reports otherwise noting this would not be a good long-term idea for it's workforce.
Speaking to HR about my concern with aggressive employees and higher ups resulted in me being let go due to 'not being a good fit for my role' despite my ability to be consistent and dedicated to my role. Any talks of company being a family is theatrics and one should tread lightly if they feel uncomfortable and needed to bring something up to HR. 


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