Culture : They say they want to treat employees fairly and that they want to value all, but reality is that is all talk. CEO says he wants this to be the last place you ever work, but there is little support or follow through to make that happen. Layoffs and lack of transparency on opportunities. And if your short tenure, there is little respect for your external experience, here tenure counts - very old school banking environment. The leadership team says they want change and to hear your opinion but reality is they don’t want to hear it, per their own survey employees don’t feel they can speak freely. And if you do, often hear “ well this is how we do it.” Not open to ideas or other ways or suggestions. Retaliation: If you do voice a counter thought or challenge a way of working, you are label difficult to work with, or not collaborative and seen as a person who doesn’t fit in - truly don’t value independence and diversity of thought. And the leadership doesn’t change their opinion of people. Comply or die
CHRO says she treats all as equals and with respect but she is the first one to break the rules and make exceptions. She put values in place but she only follows them when it works for her, or those she likes ( favorites) , for example she is one of the few departments who failed to give some of her own employees merit even though they were entitled and eligible under the guidelines -because she wanted to save money! FIS reduced employees bonuses for this coming year and announced it publicly before they told their own employees. FIS is lay-offing team members without taking the time to evaluate current talent, and Even continuing hiring external talent while letting others go just because they were not in the “right location”. Location should not matter, they should try to keep their current employees. If FIS were really fair and equitable they would post ALL roles and be transparent about (all) opportunities, instead they don’t openly post many Sr roles, so not all internals can express interest, and FIS can promote their favorites, which feeds into their development and leadership opportunities promoting more of the same.
Their culture is old school and very political. True lack of diversity in their Sr level roles ( old white boys banking club), with a few token women and minorities, just look at first 3 level of their org chart. Their technology is great and they truly value customers and clients but sometimes at the expense of employees. Be cautious if you want to work for a truly ethical and fair company that values independence of thought and rewards for it.
