Symphony Reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(188 total reviews)
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Brad Levy

78% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Symphony has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 188 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Symphony employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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188 reviews
1.0
14 Sept 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You’ll love your next job so so so much!

Cons

It’s hard to know where to start, but all roads lead to the CEO. He’s a bully who leaves a wake of chaos wherever he goes. Rather than be in the areas that can help the business succeed such as NY or London, he hides in Asia adding zero value and terrorising people in chat rooms and over the phone. So that he be treated like a mini (size and quality) Steve Jobs, he’s surrounded himself with a horror show “talent” who run key initiatives and business lines. Since they are all his friends or family, no one ever challenges him and subsequently, nothing good is developed and politics runs rife. Anyone with financial services knowledge has left having worked out its a sinking ship. The product is terrible and despite repeated requests from clients for development and additions to roadmap, nothing that delivers genuine value, transforms workflows or betters current services has been delivered. Bloomberg must be laughing that despite $450m ploughed into this company, the result is nothing short of useless. It’s unfortunate that so many good people believed the hype and left quality firms and jobs to try and make a difference here, but it’s impossible to make a difference in a culture and company as toxic as this. Steer clear, you will thank the people leaving negative reviews. I think the positive ones are from HR as everyone hates working here.

1.0
10 Sept 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some good people, decent office, working from home options

Cons

Extremely unprofessional management, No work life balance, No clear technical direction / competency. Do not treat employees with Respect. Management interested in building demos and not good products with technological backbone.

3.0
10 Aug 2023

Decent company with some significant issues

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Fast-paced job with a changing product, loads to learn and improve your skills - Great London office location and related benefits, weekly lunches and stocked fridge - Many brilliant and hard-working people - Great social culture within the company and teams - Approachable senior management and leadership - Good initial pay with medical & dental cover for all employees - Decent onboarding and training provided, with some opportunities to up-skill provided it aligns with team and company goals

Cons

- Policy of no inflation matches, or promotions until after at least 2 years of work - Increase in levels results in 2-6% pay rises despite the current economy - The yearly performance cycles are set in stone, you will not be able to negotiate a mid-cycle raise or promotion regardless of performance or achievements - Performance conversations take place after your bonus and promotion have already been decided, there is no room for discussion - Non-existent communication from HR, with major changes to bonus cycles and benefits not being communicated formally or timely - HR generally is impossible to reach out to. They would redirect you to their email and take weeks/months to respond. - Direct managers are the sole method of judging performance. Previously there were peer reviews but after that was scrapped, only your line manager's skewed opinion matters - Empty promises from both HR and management. Levels are totally opaque, and titles are not up to date on internal systems. HR systems generally are buggy and always changing. - Culture of overworking past their hours, doing higher level work than their titles / what they are paid for. There is up to a 2-year lag between the work you do and your level accurately reflecting it - Grad schemes do not follow the industry norm of 2 years - Nepotism for internships and entry-level positions. Many positions never make it onto the careers page, with friends & family moving up the promotion ladder quicker

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