No Direction - Software Developer RBC Employee Review

2.0
Oct 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

It's an easy-going atmosphere and the office is quiet. The laid back culture can be both good and bad, as there are extended periods where you sit around waiting to be assigned something to do.

Cons

They have absolutely no concept of how to scope out a technical project. They let business analysts drive "how" instead of "what", and since they are inevitably incapable of doing that, there were hundreds of people sitting around for six months - putting in creatively-written weekly status reports explaining what had been "accomplished", when in fact, everybody was blocked on 100% of their assigned tasks for six months because of a complete and utter lack of leadership. I finally gave up (as I couldn't take going to work and having absolutely nothing to do for months on end) and left.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Opportunities to work on enterprise-scale systems with modern tooling and automation initiatives. Excellent collaboration between infrastructure and incident management teams; vendor coordination is efficient. Competitive compensation and benefits package, including solid health coverage and retirement matching.

Cons

Workload spikes during major incidents can challenge work-life balance, especially when on-call.

3.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Stable work life balance. The culture is really great, very easy to work with complex management and managers. Willing to help you grow and learn with clients

Cons

Not a lot of room for growth unless you come in the door with that expectation. It can be very easy to get stuck in this role as your pay slowly increases and the job title mostly stays the same. Associate promotions and raises are rarely given and take a lot of coercion to get.

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