If that’s not enough to turn you off about State Street think in terms of boring monotonous work, very low pay and extremely high turn-over rate. There will be limited room for career development and growth. You will be expected to work long hours and you will not be compensated for it. You may get a mentor but the mentor will be more unhappy than you are so all that negativity will rub off you as well.
Keep in mind that State Street is in a constant layoff mode, so they will be reducing responsibilities for you and your ability to learn new things will be decreasing all the time. You will likely have to search for a new position every year and with jobs becoming more scarce this will be very hard for you. Just ask around company, you’ll notice that jobs are being lost here in the States and they are being sent to India – so with a billion people in India ready to take your job your position will always be in danger.
Also, the amount of work is not going down, so with layoffs, there will be less people to do work but the amount of work will go up so you will have to work fifty hours a week if not more. There are many people who work sixty hours a week and they do not complain as they are afraid that State Street will lay them off.