software engineer

senior associate

senior fund accountant

fund accountant

financial representative

SS&C

This company is not what it appears to be. On the outside everything is great. Your team will tell you that you are right on track. You will be coming to work on time every day from a long commute and even staying the long hours. You will be tasked with multiple projects and you will meet the deadlines that were expected. And yet you will get a phone call to report to a conference room with your boss's boss sitting in the room who never saw your work or was evaluating you at all because your own boss is on vacation where you will be told that you did not meet expectations and that you are being let go as of today and given a severance package. What happened ? Where was the disconnect ?
You knew your reports programming both inside and out. You knew how to import the data into the databases and create reports manually let alone automate them. You knew enough to know that their web application had a runtime loop in it and it lacked the sufficient error handling and exception handling in it after the first week you were assigned to the task. Worse the  web configuration file has relative paths and is not code agnostic so that really means moving the application to anywhere that is not a perfect storm of where its directories, file structure, dynamic linked libraries, executable and other components are installed the thing will fail outright. But the team developer told you that the machine to test the application on was one that did not even have the major components installed even when you recreated all of the directories and hierarchy of files there so while he insisted this would work on any machine that was not quite correct and yet when you moved the revised program to the correct machine all of your changes worked and yet you were held accountable for the delay. The HR  person was telling me I suffered from a generic performance lapse and yet she could cite nothing specific or quantifiable in terms of a metric as how it had come to this  and none of my team who supervised any of the work were there to give any feedback let alone my boss who was still on vacation. Then she started crying as I  was given a window to talk and it was because she realized on some level within her being after firing other individuals that week that what was being done was not right or did not add up and her humanity showed which to me was strangely comforting rather than the atypical cold stereotype I would have had to deal with. She allowed me the dignity to walk on my own terms and pack up my own personal effects rather than allow the senior vice president to collect them which would look to others that you had been fired from all appearances which seem to confuse him by the look on his face. His confusion came from my refusal to have him go through my personal belongings which I found quite odd for him to raise an eyebrow at that.. would he not want the same ?  Somehow I think that in the overall scheme of things from the outside reflecting on the matter I lucked out. SS&C is not a place to spend a career in the long term at least for me. I was paid out vacation and a nice severance package I suppose due to what was felt was best at the time but my boss and my team who decided this action weeks ago it would seem.  It is high stress you are working around the accountants who are put under extreme pressure and you who maintain a lot of their systems are put under the gun. This is a hedge fund/ private asset management  company and dealing with so much money and you see the realities of how those around the impact of high end finances behave over the long run. It isn't pretty at times based on the mood swings you might see or the people who pass by your cube glaring looking to catch you web surfing when you aren't in ambush mode. Your health and overall well being aren't worth the paycheck in the long run. Most of the guys who worked with me were younger than me and had bags under their eyes and had beer guts and eat at Wendy and had buffalo wings every day and looked like they were fifty years old instead of their late twenties and early thirties. What should have been telling to me was I was introduced to a developer who was looking to start up with the company and he quit after two days. That should have been a red flag for me.

I worked here for a little over a year but left due to the sheer amount of stress the role became. After the company changed hands constantly, watching fellow co-workers leave due to the stress, management taking my smaller team and merging it with an even smaller swamped team that doubled/tripled everyone's workload with next to no training on their clients, I decided to look elsewhere. 

The call priority system they used made little sense at first, but then it became evident that if someone was better on the phones than their peers, they would find themselves taking MANY more calls than the others would. This would lead to resentment as you watch other co-workers get to sit and chat with each other while one person took the majority of the calls. I was both a victim of this and saw this happen to others on many occasions.

Sucking up to and becoming good friends with management was almost a requirement for job security and advancement. This punished those who had a lot of calls and could not find the time to get to know their managers better and they would fall behind or stagnate. And if the manager decided they did not like the worker then that could become an issue really quickly. 

During busy months, overtime was HEAVILY encouraged but would be compensated with some free food in some cases. Managers did not seem to do overtime much at all and the burden of this would fall mostly on the CSRs. 

Training was barely adequate as well. I understand in this type of role there is much to learn but it barely scraped the surface of preparing CSRs for what customers would be asking. Example: Putting customers on hold was frequent while coworkers struggled to find answers that were "correct" according to the online knowledge resource and you prayed it would be up-to-date. Sometimes it would be blank or very unclear and you had to ask around for help but you would CONSTANTLY be getting different answers depending on who you asked. This would cause customers to call into one CSR, get one answer, and if they did not like it they would hang up, call back in, and speak to someone different and get a different answer. Multiply this issue by however many clients your team would take (most standard teams took more than 3, but some had up to 7), any changes those clients would make, and it becomes hectic, mentally exhausting, and non-conducive learning environment.

Even if you tried to put in a request to update the online resource, it would take MONTHS for it to be updated correctly. It destroyed confidence for a lot of workers and was very much a sink or swim environment.

The good: Benefits were standard, PTO was fair but getting to schedule and use the PTO was a race of "who can sign up first". If you had a team of good coworkers, they would be the saving grace of the situation. "Food days" (basically team potlucks) were nice as well, but sometimes workers from other teams would not contribute but show up anyways to eat. Pay raises were so small and could barely keep up with inflation rises. 

Overall, I cannot recommend working here at this current state. Look somewhere else as it would offer much less stress than working at this company.

A Typical Day at Work:
A typical day at SS&C felt like a constant grind of unrealistic expectations with little to no support. Most of the day was spent chasing unclear requirements, fixing endless legacy issues, and scrambling to meet last-minute deadlines. There was no work-life balance – late nights and weekend work became the norm due to poor planning and lack of leadership.

What I Learned:
Unfortunately, the main thing I learned was how not to run a company. I learned how to survive in a toxic, micromanaged environment where leadership doesn’t care about employees or professional growth. Any technical skills gained were overshadowed by the frustration of dealing with outdated systems and bad management decisions.

Management:
Management at SS&C was incompetent, unapproachable, and lacked basic leadership skills. Most managers were only interested in covering their own mistakes, throwing employees under the bus, and taking credit for any success. Feedback was ignored, micromanagement was rampant, and promotions were based on favoritism rather than merit.

Workplace Culture:
The workplace culture was toxic, demoralizing, and exhausting. Morale was consistently low, and turnover was insanely high. There was no sense of team – just every person fending for themselves in a hostile environment. HR was useless and complicit in allowing the toxic culture to thrive.

The Hardest Part of the Job:
The hardest part of the job was staying motivated while being treated like a disposable resource. Dealing with poor management, impossible deadlines, broken systems, and zero support made every day feel like a battle. It was mentally draining and unsustainable.

The Most Enjoyable Part of the Job:
Honestly, the only enjoyable part was the day I left. The people you meet on your team might be decent, but they’re also miserable and looking for a way out. There was no meaningful reward or recognition – just constant stress until you finally quit.

A typical work day as an Executive Assistant:
My morning started off reviewing the President's and CEO's daily agenda, ensuring that all business meetings, itineraries, and schedules were in tact for the day.  Answer all calls, relay messages, schedule appointments, board meetings, and sale seminars. Coordinate travel arrangements for President, CEO's and clients, reservations include: flight, hotel, transportation and meeting space. Create itineraries. Responsible for coordinating board meetings in/out of office, create Powerpoint presentations, prepare board books and minutes for each meeting. Ensure all meetings were catered with food and beverages.  Responsible for shipping/receiving mail utilizing FedEx, DHL and Pitney Bowes. Order inventory for office supplies-paper, toners, etc. Relieved front receptionist for lunch/breaks, answering main switchboard.  I regularly volunteered to help with numerous projects for the other departments, such as; Legal, Compliance, Sales, Corporate, Accounting and Human Resources.  

I was promoted to Executive Assistant, this being a new position within the company, I really enjoyed having the opportunity to create and grow within this position.  The advancement (from the Mail Associate), gave me a broader perspective of the company, where I became more knowledgeable and experienced in many different areas of the company.  

The management at ALPS was above ideal, they believe in "open door policy", which grows a strong foundation between management and their employees.  Management promotes within the company first, where they acknowledge each individual for their work production and ethnicity, they promote based on merit.  I really felt valued as an employee.

The most challenging part of my job was being promoted into a new roll/position (Executive Assistant) within the company, I felt a bit intimidated. There was no one to train me or tell me how to do my job. As a matter of fact, I really had no experience as a corporate assistant prior.  It was up to me to built the foundation for this position, I actually felt very accomplished in my career after succeeding above and beyond what was expected of me.  

The most enjoyable part of working at ALPS was getting to build professional relationships with my fellow co-workers.  We all worked as a team! Honestly, its what I miss most about the company.

Copying and pasting from another former employee as he hit it right on the head about this firm. STAY AWAY PLEASE! I BEG YOU 

Working at S&C felt like a constant grind of unrealistic expectations with little to no support. Most of the day was spent chasing unclear requirements, fixing endless issues,. There was no work-life balance – late nights and weekend work became the norm due to poor planning and lack of leadership. You will learn how to survive in a toxic, micromanaged environment where leadership doesn’t care about employees or professional growth. Any technical skills gained were overshadowed by the frustration of dealing with outdated systems and bad management decisions.

Management:
Management at SS&C was incompetent, unapproachable, and lacked basic leadership skills. Most managers were only interested in covering their own mistakes, throwing employees under the bus, and taking credit for any success. Feedback was ignored, micromanagement was rampant, and promotions were based on favoritism rather than merit.

Workplace Culture:
The workplace culture was toxic, demoralizing, and exhausting. Morale was consistently low, and turnover was insanely high. There was no sense of team – just every person fending for themselves in a hostile environment. HR was useless and complicit in allowing the toxic culture to thrive.

The Hardest Part of the Job:
The hardest part of the job was staying motivated while being treated like a disposable resource. Dealing with poor management, impossible deadlines, broken systems, and zero support made every day feel like a battle. It was mentally draining and unsustainable.

The Most Enjoyable Part of the Job:
Honestly, the only enjoyable part was the day I left. The people you meet on your team might be decent, but they’re also miserable and looking for a way out. There was no meaningful reward or recognition – just constant stress until you finally quit.

A typical day at work:
You start by wondering whether you’ve been flagged for not badging into an empty office — despite your whole team being remote. Then you log in to outdated systems, sit through rigid meetings led by disengaged offshore managers, and try to stay productive while being micromanaged on everything from your network connection to your response times.

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What I learned:
I learned how deeply a lack of trust in employees can rot an organization from the inside out. I also learned that top-down management, when combined with poor communication and outdated technology, crushes morale and innovation.

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Management:
Largely outsourced and disconnected from the reality of employees’ day-to-day work. Many are difficult to understand and show little respect or curiosity about your input. Critical feedback and transparency are absent — replaced by directives, not dialogue.

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Workplace culture:
Micromanagement over mentorship. Fear over flexibility. Control over collaboration. The culture rewards compliance and punishes independent thought. It’s a demoralizing environment for anyone who values trust, innovation, or psychological safety.

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Hardest part of the job:
Feeling like you’re being watched more than supported. It’s hard to stay engaged when badge-ins matter more than outcomes and leadership is more focused on surveillance than success.

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Most enjoyable part of the job:
Some team members are genuinely nice people — but they’re usually too burned out or checked out to actually connect. The best part, honestly, is logging off and leaving SS&C at the end of the day. 


A typical day at work for me consists of responding to emails, training associates located offshore, researching testing issues for my offshore trainees, providing documentation to support resolution to testing or criteria set up issues, as well as setting up and documenting test scenarios for my own assigned work tickets as well as the work tickets assigned to offshore.
In my time at Argus, I have learned many aspects of the business. Beginning with my role as a Customer Service Rep, I learned to navigate the GUI/3270 systems and assist pharmacists in resolving denied claim.  I also worked on member service lines for 13 different insurance companies, helping members to understand their benefits.
I then moved into the role of PBA (Pharmacy Benefits Analyst)/ Account Manager positions under the Client Services umbrella.  I learned how to build the Pharmacy Benefit packages and facilitate  weekly meetings with the customer as well as offsite visits to the customer sites.  I was responsible for creating reports and providing them to my assigned customers.
The final move I made at Argus was from Client Services to QC. I have been in this role for 8 years and I have worked in a few differnet QC depts which is Pricing (manual new logic and regression testing for our pricing and override modules).  I have worked in Level II Support dept, which is testing our global systems, adjusting claims (Rework), testing JCL programs for batch testing. And, I also worked in the QC Project Release dept, testing monthly releases of large scale projects.
I have maintained a good relationship with the management and my co-workers.  
The most difficult part of this job (for me) is the commute to get to the office.  I love the kind of work I do but the part I enjoy the most is the days I get to work from home.  I am much more productive and it is noticeable to my managers.

After spending 12 years of my life at this company I came to the realization that I wasnt going anywhere. I was part of a 4 man team, being the last one left in my team and doing all the work. DST wanted to hire someone to fill the spot several levels higher then me and have me train them, instead of promoting me. I was already doing all the Sr level work. 

A typical day at work would be anywhere from 9 - 11 hours a day at work then being oncall 24/7, 365 days a year. I would be called at anytime day or night. I would be required to work the issue and be back at work at 8am in the morning no matter how long the issue took to resolve.

I have learned that life is too short to be dedicated to a company that has no loyalty to its employees. If a company is all about profits and stockholders then its employees then its not a good gig. When they start taking away things such as coffee cups and require you to bring in your own cup and charging your own people parking fees that your company owns... Thats a hint that the company just cares about $$. Having your own employees paying for parking that your company owns is like taking a pay cut.

Management: I had a manager that micro managed us so much we made a game out of it. He sat down at the end of the cubes. He would walk by us 40 - 50 times a day looking at our screens making sure we were working. Each time he would walk by, we would put a mark on the board. We would take bets how many times he would walk by that day.

The most enjoyable part of the job was handing in my 2 weeks notice.

Giving this company an overall rating with 2 stars is me being generous. I would rate it as a 1 but i know there are worse companies out there.

Although most of the people are nice to work with, the atmosphere breeds a lot of stress if you work for a demanding client. The lack of talent and high turnover put a lot of pressure on the employees who remain behind, who constantly need to train new people and take on more responsibility. Unfortunately, over a year at this company and I have yet to see any stability. Expect to work long hours and weekends, especially with a demanding client. Moreover, there is no overtime pay and the salaries here in general are usually less than the market rate. Long hours and below average pay are some of the main reasons people constantly leave for other opportunities. Probably more frustrating is the disconnect between management and the lower level employees. Management seems to constantly make unrealistic promises to their clients, putting unnecessary pressure on the lower level employees who are expected to meet these rigorous deadlines. Stress is at its highest during quarter end closes; unfortunately, it still gets busy when its not quarter end, so there is very little time to breathe. Moreover, it is common for employees to not have the time to take all of their vacation days. If you have paid time off to use, use it as soon as possible so you are not put in a position where you can not use it until the following year. The biggest benefit to working for this company is the high exposure and experience you will gain since there is not enough people to take on the workload, forcing people to learn as fast as possible and take on a lot of work, This is a company that is best suited for a temporary stay to gain good experience; otherwise, once the work becomes repetitive, it is not worth the hours and salary. This company is not for  the faint of heart.

a typical day at work:  meetings that generally don't get too far outside of the norm and repeat daily, type the same numbers, fight with a system that never works and somehow keeps getting worse

what you believe you learned:  I hate accounting (I actually knew that, but it was confirmed). However and most importantly,  I  learned first-hand the immense value of culture, good leadership and respectable management (it is 80% of true satisfaction, I swear, maybe more). At SS&C in the beginning, I had a great leader and co-workers and tolerated my days ok, dare say enjoyed a few! (The "good" leader has since left FYI, still really good people in the Evansville office though).  When the position had new management....game over. Even my friends and family could tell - my days were dull and meaningless. I wasn't a part of a "team", I was just a machine.

the hardest part of the job:  Nothing is difficult, if you know accounting. The system is antiquated and clumsy, so fighting with it and memorizing what upper management member got moved to a different team...it is the only diversity. 

the most enjoyable part of the job:  It is laid back for the most part. Some of the upper management can be stuffy and exhausting with how seriously they take themselves....but the 'normal laborer folk' in Evansville were pretty great. 

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