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    CIBC World Markets Reviews

    Updated 9 July, 2018
    117 reviews

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    CIBC World Markets CEO Richard W. Nesbitt
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    Pros

    • "Great work life balance at the company" (in 14 reviews)

    • "Great program- very smart people, business is growing, nice and pay attention to the development of their interns" (in 5 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Mediocre salary, work sometimes involves long hours" (in 9 reviews)

    • "Lack of Global Platform on anything, Work Life Balance lacking, Poor Culture in some departments" (in 4 reviews)

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    1. "Investment Banking"

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      Current Employee - Investment Banking Analyst in Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Investment Banking Analyst in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at CIBC World Markets full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good exposure
      Good pay
      Good work exp

      Cons

      Poor work hours
      Face time required

    2. "Bilingual service rep"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at CIBC World Markets full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good team to work with, dynamic, nice and knowledge ppl, good benefit

      Cons

      It is a stressful environment

      Advice to Management

      It will be nice to provide better work condition

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    3. "Director"

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      Former Employee - Director in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Director in Toronto, ON
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at CIBC World Markets full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Lots of opportunities at CIBC.

      Cons

      Main interest currently is to save pennies and not consider the current talent pool.

      Advice to Management

      Plan better and not let bean counters make all decisions.

    4. "Investment Advisor"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at CIBC World Markets full-time

      Pros

      Flexibility, work independently, pay is industry standard

      Cons

      Management hierarchical, old school, not in touch

      Advice to Management

      Place more women in senior positions, be in touch with the reality of our clients and the markets

    5. "CIBC research"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at CIBC World Markets full-time

      Pros

      nice team, good salary. good learning experience

      Cons

      even if the hours are better than at other tier1 banks, still long hours.

    6. "Executive Director"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Flexible, Good compensation, Organizational support

      Cons

      No career pathing, poor HR support

    7. "Accounts Proccessor"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at CIBC World Markets full-time

      Pros

      I love their benefits although the salary is not good

      Cons

      People stays on same level for years without consideration of their pay raise or advancement to higher levels

    8. "Really positive hands on experience."

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      Former Employee - Junior Associate in Calgary, AB
      Former Employee - Junior Associate in Calgary, AB
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Great culture and well respected firm. Was able to get experience working with different people that came from various backgrounds. Able to work on many different projects that aided my knowledge progression.

      Cons

      Hours can be daunting at times, which often times were the result of seemingly uneccesary maintenance work. More refined training program would have been beneficial to ease into the position.

      Advice to Management

      Continue to advocate for more communication withim groups. More work related networking events would be beneficial.

    9. "Know what you want"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at CIBC World Markets full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      - overall culture is upbeat and fast-paced
      - pay is great (especially during bonus periods)
      - this is the division that gets the most prestige and attention in the bank

      Cons

      - management only cares about money (therefore, doesn't care about you as much)
      - they pitch an open workplace with support for a varied career, but they take a dump on you if you try to get into a different department by enacting various small underhanded tactics
      - what are glass ceilings
      - what is white privilege

      Advice to Management

      consider what drives your employees, give them room to grow into different departments (actually give them time to shadow someone, don't just talk about it), consider updating your strategies for employee retention because the really good ones keep leaving

    10. "Financial services associate"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Neutral Outlook

      Pros

      This is an excellent company to work for. Training program is great and the people are great to work with too.

      Cons

      For the amount of training and certification required the pay is too low.

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