CIBC World Markets Employee Reviews about "long hours"

Pros

Helpful people, rotation across 2 teams

Cons

Long hours, office politics in diff teams

Pros

- excellent staff and opportunities

Cons

- Long hours - Management decision making

Pros

Great learning experience, very helpful team culture, friendly environment.

Cons

Extremely long hours and high performing culture. Expect to work almost every weekend and be attentive to phone calls and emails 24/7.

Pros

Great sense of camaraderie among the IB juniors, and lots of M&A dealflow; CIBC's advised on several marquee transactions in Canada over the past few years

Cons

Long hours and unpredictable schedule, typical for the IB industry

Pros

Learned a lot of useful information

Cons

Long hours left no time for a life

Pros

nice team, good salary. good learning experience

Cons

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

Pros

Quality work, nice people, lots of opportunity to learn

Cons

Mediocre salary, work sometimes involves long hours

Pros

Good exposure to senior management. Progress in the role really depends on how supportive your manager is. If they support you then you go places. If not I've seen people being stuck in the same role for years

Cons

Fast paced environment can lead to long hours, depending on project