Culture changed significantly in the last years - Senior Software Developer RBC Employee Review

2.0
Apr 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Decent retirement and health benefits - You will work with some very talented and knowledgeable ICs - Opportunities for lateral internal movement

Cons

- Your experience as a Software Developer / IC entirely depends on your manager - Pre-Covid salaries were very competitive within the Canadian market. Now salaries fall into low-average market range - Push for AI adoption comes from non-technical middle/senior management and lacks proper vision and direction - False sense of stability, I have seen many silent lay-offs happen since the pandemic ended - Lack of growth. If you are early in your career, do not stay here for more than couple years or you are likely to get pigeonholed into working banks

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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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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