analyst

software engineer

senior software engineer

executive assistant

associate

Wellington Management

Systems, Applications and Capabilities are 5-7years behind the industry in some of the IT departments. They have a lot of arrogance in stating "we have the best systems in the industry" benchmarked to what? and most of the folks have been at Wellington for so long, they haven't kept up with what the IT industry is doing. Reality is that the IT Budget is very thin every year and there not any interesting Projects to work on

Outside of Wellington the impression is completely different but when one joins the firm and sees the reality - its shocking 

IT Managers push employees too hard and have too many vague and unrealistic expectations. A lot of  surprises in year end reviews. The first year is great for all new employees but is pretty much downhill after that

Most IT Managers are former programmers and have zero people skills or loathe the 'managerial' aspects of their job. They are sent to 'Manager Training' but they never change

IT Managers don't like new ideas, new proposals from new employees. Rather than embrace them, the new employees are shunned, demoralized and the most common saying is "We can't change, the way things are right now is the Wellington Way and has always been this way"  If one brings a lot of ideas to the table, they are seen as impediments. It almost seems like they want docile folks just follow exactly what the IT Managers say and are not appreciative of a healthy, collegial debate nor do they step back and see the merits of a new employees ideas

IT Managers don't talk about career growth and plans for employees. If you're hired at a level, plan to stay in that role for years

IT Departments are not following Agile properly. Carryover of stories over several sprints is such a normal occurrence, its a common joke. IT Managers don't care about documentation, methods, processes. They just want to deploy a reasonable working application in Production super fast without considering the complete end to end workflow. Then the application goes into a 'maintenance mode' afterwards with very few people applying bandages

All User acceptance testing is done by inexperienced system analysts or QA engineers

Too much reliance on offshore/outsourced vendors in India. They have a trillion in AUM but still can't hire local, more talented people. 

The CEO is great and always sends important, thoughtful notes about keeping an open mind, collaborating, listening to new employees but the message and its implementation is never carried out in the IT department

The good thing is that the firm has very smart Portfolio Management / Research Group. But if you don't work on the 'Business Side' you're seen as a costly employee

The base salary, bonus and profit sharing is great but if one considers all the overtime, stress, poor management, bad work atmosphere - it's not worth it. Maybe they pay well because of a difficult work environment in the IT departments

During my Internship with Wellington Management's Desktop Support team I found it to be a very rewarding job with a very unique neighborly culture. A typical day at work would be using Service Now to track and complete tickets requested by various people or groups in the firm as well as take calls from clients in regards to troubleshooting issues. While I was there we worked on a few projects to upgrade and update the firms software and PCs for the duration of my internship. I was able to build upon many professional skills that I was already developing such as email etiquette, communication, and further development of my troubleshooting and technical skills. My co-workers were all great and supportive people, from the beginning of my internship to the end of it they treated me as if I were already an employee who had been working there for years. However the job was not without it's challenging moments and those challenges were usually met with the occasional co-operation of the clients when it came to the firm wide upgrading of everyone's PCs who either needed it or were required. Even with those challenges the job was most rewarding and enjoyable, especially when it came to troubleshooting. It's during those times I got to learn more about computers and the many different issues that could occur. I took these moments as learning experiences and gained a lot of enjoyment from them.

A typical day for me at Wellington consisted of a morning full of running reports and returning emails.  Throughout the day I volleyed back and forth with brokers, setting up meetings for my investors and doing general calendar management.  Fairly often the afternoon involved tasks such as travel arrangements, expense reporting or pulling research to make sure my investors were prepared for any meetings they had during that week.  I interacted with very few people.  Fortunately I had a great working and personal relationship with my co-admin on my team.  Wellington was not a very warm and fuzzy environment so my relationships with those I supported was strictly professional.  The hardest part of my position at Wellington was filling the hours in the summer when we were slow.  The most enjoyable part was the fast paced interaction with brokers to fill the investors schedules and time management.  Also, the administrative manager always bought cupcakes for new hires and people leaving, so every now and then we had a nice treat.

The company offers good 401k match, but low base salary. IT would get less than 17% annual bonus usually. Many employees found their offer letter states higher first year bonus percentage then they start see less annual bonus.

The culture is toxic and highly political for many reasons.

Biggest reason is the incompetent IT management including every IT directors/partners.
Essentially they have less knowledge and skill than a junior software engineer who is trained in a first tier software company, such as Google, Microsoft.

They are still stuck with 20th century technology. You shouldn't be surprised when asked JDBC question during the interview because they don't know much more than that.

Yet they boast their great culture -- client, firm, self. They look for employees to sacrifice their personal time, for example, you will be regularly asked to deploy on Friday evening, and support during the weekend.

My time at Wellington was simply fantastic. Having come from a job where I felt like the management didn't really care about it's employees, Wellington was a breath of fresh air. A typical day for me was either in the lab on a computer using the ticketing system service now addressing tickets, taking phone calls and sending emails while troubleshooting hardware and software issues. I met many of the employees who not just the ones in my team but throughout the entire firm made me feel comfortable and included as if I had been working there for years already. Engaging with the other employees as well as being able to solve many different issues and be apart of project impacting the entire firm was the most enjoyable part of the job.

+ good pay
+ good perks

- senior management has bad (if any) management skills, if they go to an ibank, they cant survive more than a week
- ppl pretend to be nice but its highly political
- if you work outside of the headquarters Boston office, prepare to do lots of overtime
- you MUST show face (do extra hours to boston colleagues) if you ever want to have any sort of chance of a promotion, emails are not enough! join regular and many many calls
- people actually don't need to do any work or be hands on, because everything and i mean everything is driven and decided in Boston. if you are in IT, you have no access to most servers, database, etc... 
- staff take advantage and go out for pre-scheduled body checks, dental appointments during office hours, not lunch time

The nature of my job at Wellington was primarily a contractual and temporary one, where they required extra bodies to help out during the audit cycle. I assisted the internal and external administrators with the audits and financial statements.I also conducted high-level reviews with analysts of various financial statements to ensure accuracy and document any discrepancies. Other tasks included obtaining, organizing and even preparing various various spreadsheets for analysts including Schedule of Investments, Statement of Cash Flow etc. Given that the nature of this job was temporary right from the beginning, the interaction I had with the rest of the office was limited to only when it was required.

The past few years at Wellington post-COVID have been particularly uneasy and unsettling for employees. Since the layoffs in 2023, the atmosphere has changed, with ongoing budget cuts and low morale. The office is quiet, with little interaction, as many people seem eager to move to different companies. There’s a constant feeling of instability, with frequent resignations or terminations, and the recent voluntary leave package led to over 100 departures. Rumors of another layoff before the new year are circulating, which wouldn’t be surprising given the company’s unsustainable spending on new office spaces. Consider joining Wellington only if you're prepared for instability and the risk of job loss.

Management and ownership at Wellington have created a structure of support for property managers that truly works.  Accounting support is beyond outstanding.  In- house legal counsel are available for consultation on any and all matters real estate.  Construction projects are supported by knowledgeable and skilled in-house personnel.    Staff is encouraged to seek personal improvement through tuition reimbursement and reimbursement for attendance at relevant seminars and conferences.

Managers are truly responsible for their portfolio properties.  Managers are provided the tools and support required to succeed.

Challenging, fast-paced environment and varied workload; continuous learning activities; highly talented management; usually helpful co-workers; difficult to understand what I could have done differently to achieve success although I tried so hard; would have liked more help from technical staff; most enjoyable part of the job was to be of service to everyone in the company, department and team.

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