Fidelity went through changes over the past few years. New blood will be needed to go with the new norm. That being said, new blood as in “new from college” would also be ideal. Programs like Leap and other training programs for new grads that Fidelity makes to train up new recruits into professionals will be needed to condition these people to the new Fidelity identity.
At least with Leap, Fidelity provides some pretty good training to new devs entering the work force, and places new students onto teams to work. They provide them valuable training, but last I checked, don’t pay as well as other market value salary wise. Fidelity pays Leap participants with experience and the ability to mess up. That way, they can save a few who are good in the future, so they can afford other devs who walk.
I’ve noticed many people from Leap aren’t being retained at Fidelity. At least from my Leap class onwards. We didn’t really have a chance to adjust to one normal and stick with it. We just had to learn to obey demands to go into an office. On top of that, get used to all this time monitoring Fidelity implemented overtime. It’s not cool, but Fidelity needs people now more than ever to bring in. And it still has a stellar reputation. And there’s many new grads desiring to grab a chance at breaking into tech, which Fidelity offers. With the way the job market is now, people need any job these days, and Fidelity can certainly train needy new grads.
With all this being said, will there be more hiring for programs like Leap to get new blood used to the new norms at Fidelity?