When is fidelity start the open hiring positions. FIT have the last hiring 2024 Dec

Company wide, just Boston? Can anyone confirm or is this just heresay and rumors? Of so, why even move forward with interesting internal applicants? Doesn’t that just alienate loyal employees? Personality, I think all the bad policies of... — read more 

Heard that Fidelity either bought or leased a building in Warwick, RI and return to office in Smithfield is January 2027. Some people have been told this...and others have not. Just curious what people are hearing.

Seriously if you can't get hired, it's because you're not good enough. People are even claiming that the interns are nepos which is laughable to me. This company's standards are not low enough to hire anybody from a mom and pop shop. I also hate... — read more 

Seriously it's hilarious to me how much complaining there is here. Apparently going to the office 5 days a week and actually doing your job instead of taking naps at home is a travesty. Are you guys serious? I started working here in 2025 as a new... — read more 

“IMO lowering head count for an upcoming merger/sale.” This was a comment on one thread, and I have heard someone else at work say the same. Do we think this is what’s going on here? Are there any possible pros to staying after a sale? I also... — read more 

We're doing three jobs for one paycheck, get no support from management, and live in constant fear of layoffs. When did this become our new normal?

just wanted to express gratitude for our opportunity to help people become confident investors and help clients (and ourselves!) achieve life’s possibilities

I just paid $4.29 for gas and dreading returning to office full time. Why isn’t Fidelity addressing this giant elephant in the room? This combined with everyday living expenses, how are people making it work? If they want us back in full time, fine... — read more 

What amazes me is that interns with no experience are being given preference over people with actual work experience in different parts of the business for roles in various areas like asset management, risk, etc. So even if someone doesn’t have... — read more 

Once what was a fulfilling career to support clients and their G2 G3 on their journey to and thru retirement has now turned into an exercise of making sure to click the required buttons to get credit for making sure you get the '"income". What is... — read more 

I feel like this is something bigger than just RTO FT. There are no jobs listed and I’m still waiting on hearing on an internal job I interviewed for weeks ago. HR is missing in action. This is really weird it’s like something has happened behind... — read more 

If the buzz is true, a lot of SLs are facing a demotion to G7 or getting cut, but the group squad leads will probably keep their G8 status. Thanks for attention to this matter!!!

When are they supposed to have the ratings in? Wondering how long I need to just slightly above bare minimum. I can’t give any extra energy to this place for the next X days until bonus and profit sharing pays out.

I truly want to thank the leadership team for finally ending the nightmare of a productive, comfortable home environment. I’ve desperately missed the thrill of the morning commute and the illusion of "cross-team collaboration." Since my ultimate goal... — read more 

Will all the dinosaurs will go extinct after RTO ? or they will flourish ?

Seeing pictures of the wonderful inauguration of the CommonPiers in Boston everywhere on LinkedIn . Congratulations to everyone on this new way of working full time in a new place! It looks beautiful ..

Looks like there are about 88k employees at Fidelity and only about 800 job openings. According to AI stats available online, a company that has over 80k employees should have between 1,600 to 4,000 open positions at any given time. This represents... — read more 

Had an great internal transfer lined up and then this "non-financial non-budgeting" induced hiring freeze. If they couldn't figure out the RTO space needs and lift the hiring freeze sooner, will seriously consider external opportunities, as where I... — read more 

I am currently a grade 7 with I-shares that will mature for the first year in December. I am considering taking a grade 6 role, does anyone if that will mean a forfeiture of my I-shares? I could not find anything on the shares site or Fid Central to... — read more 

In the contemporary landscape of Large Language Models (LLMs) and proliferating open-source options, the functional reality of many specialized AI teams has shifted dramatically. What exactly is this role today? Rather than serving as core creators... — read more 

The role of architects within the modern software industry has increasingly faced scrutiny, with critics characterizing it as one of the most redundant and problematic positions in technology organizations. Rather than driving actual value... — read more 

Been noticing some VP roles posted as "remote". That seems odd. Like are they just posting it as remote and then giving it to someone who is already here that wants to be remote.

What is happening with the Albuquerque site? My friend tell me they do not get profit sharing there and some other benefits. He also say they have to share the building with a government agency. This sounds very strange to me. Is this really true?... — read more 

Big Town Hall tomorrow being given by top leaders of CE Custody, now part of Fid Wealth. Anyone have any idea if it’s anything different than the usual upper management patting themselves on the back for the work that beyond burnt out depressed... — read more 

I heard they're tightening the belt and only renewing some contractor positions. From what I've been told, unless you're considered top tier, renewals may not happen. After the roller coaster of the last several months, this just feels like another... — read more 

I foresee a loosening of the restrictive FT RTO because of a few factors. One being that the malcontents would’ve left. Two they will have replaced them with newbies willing to crawl in everyday, but the drawback of the newbies is the brain drain... — read more 

Behind all of this? Seems since he took his recent post that’s when our RTO accelerated. He’s making a name for himself to take the Abby slot Never good when family owned CEO leaves any company. There goes the legacy and the loyalty. This guy to... — read more 

Is voluntary buyout being offered at VP levels?

We have a release every other Saturday and it takes most of the day in validating etc. they dont pay us extra and it is said its part of your job. Why should we support this since that would mean extra hours put in every other weekend with no... — read more 

Hear me out - they want you to quit because they don’t have to pay severance or unemployment if you quit. Hang on for dear life. Do whatever it takes to get your badge swipes so they don’t fire you for cause or dock your bonus. They don’t really want... — read more 

Can someone please provide an update of legacy mainframe apps and code to the Cloud? Is it still su-king up resources and cash? Is it stable? What are current milestones? What pieces remain? How much is hybrid (mix of old/new).

I’m hearing that we have another round of layoff in FI Technology. Somewhere around in Sep or year ending. This time only for contractors. Is it true and real ?

And disillusioned with Fidelity. Is it my imagination that career moves lateral up or sideways don’t exist? I feel like I’m spinning my wheels making no progress. Mind you it’s a good job decent enough pay clearly a nice benefits offering but I’m... — read more 

Does anyone know how hard it is to get a transfer to another job location? I want to go from Westlake to Jersey City. Thanks!

Supposedly, Fidelity is all of a sudden firing a lot of call center workers for call/job avoidance at numerous sites. This was announced last week and is now being communicated to phone reps. The memo states that Fidelity can deem pretty much... — read more 

I’m thinking about secretly taking a non IT job without Fidelity knowing, as I don’t think it’s any of their business. Has anyone done this? Will they find out, and if they do, what are the repercussions? I really need the extra income. My husband... — read more 

Some are being advised of wtc ot staying at 245 today. This is the silent layoff. Suddenly after years of flexibility it’s now hardline? Be careful Abby you might’ve bitten off more than you can chew. Consultants aren’t embedded they are... — read more 

I was recently laid off and have had nothing but issues with my account. The problem is, you can’t approach fidelity for help online. On r** for example, the mods will falsely flag comments and posts as spam, downvote you 100 times, why is this an... — read more