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    CIBC World Markets Reviews

    Updated 26 January, 2019
    128 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 10 reviews)

    • "Lack of Global Platform on anything, Work Life Balance lacking, Poor Culture in some departments" (in 5 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. "OK Career for long term, typical big company though"

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      Current Employee - Associate in Midtown Toronto, ON
      Current Employee - Associate in Midtown Toronto, ON
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      Decent salary and people are pretty nice. Stable job

      Cons

      Long hours
      Don't learn much
      A lot of older higher ranking employees that seem to be promoted based on just time with firm
      A lot of young people seem to be leaving for other banks which is problematic and makes me wonder what others offer.
      No real career growth, just title inflation as time progresses and salary raise over time.

      Advice to Management

      Improve work life balance
      Create more opportunities for young people
      Base salary and title more on contribution and work effort instead of time at the bank
      Promote more new ideas and innovation

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    3. "Client Associate"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at CIBC World Markets full-time

      Pros

      Great co-workers and social perks

      Cons

      Lack in training and management

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your employees

    4. "Research"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at CIBC World Markets full-time

      Pros

      Big five Canadian bank platform.

      Cons

      Lack of upward mobility and recognition.
      Poor work life balance.

    5. "Branch Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at CIBC World Markets full-time

      Pros

      depends on location-typically working as team

      Cons

      sell sell sell----even to the detriment of clients

      Advice to Management

      listen to employees

    6. "Business Systems Consultant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at CIBC World Markets full-time

      Pros

      Good location, opportunities, and co-workers

      Cons

      Micro-management was one of the negatives

    7. "20 Years!"

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

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

      Pros

      Good office environment. Pay, benefits and stock options are excellent.

      Cons

      Lots of corporate BS such as red tape.

    8. "Good"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at CIBC World Markets full-time

      Pros

      Benefits
      Stock plan
      Work hrs

      Cons

      Very difficult to move up

    9. "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

    10. "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.