CIBC World Markets Employee Reviews about "long hours"
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Richard W. Nesbitt
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Pros
"Great work life balance at the company" (in 14 reviews)
"Good work/life balance and good people" (in 8 reviews)
Cons
"Long hours and unpredictable schedule, typical for the IB industry" (in 16 reviews)
"Capital Markets can be a demanding work/life balance" (in 8 reviews)
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Reviews about "long hours"
Return to all Reviews- Former Intern★★★★★
Pros
Helpful people, rotation across 2 teams
Cons
Long hours, office politics in diff teams
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
- excellent staff and opportunities
Cons
- Long hours - Management decision making
- Former Intern, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Learned a lot of useful information
Cons
Long hours left no time for a life
- Former Intern, less than 1 year★★★★★
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.
- Current Employee, more than 1 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.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great people lots to learn. Bonus is pretty good, good head office support. Firm pays for courses which is nice
Cons
Intense, market sensitive lac of training. Long hours during busy times. Expected to know a lot more for your join then what was originally told
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Many growth opportunities Many benefits such as health insurance, share purchase plan! Motivating companies to work for and very focused on client experience
Cons
Long hours. Sometimes they hire terrible people to fill quotas which I find is a big waste of money and time for the bank and people working with then
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
-great culture that is supportive of work life balance -positive learnings experience
Cons
-like any other investment bank, long hours
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
nice team, good salary. good learning experience
Cons
even if the hours are better than at other tier1 banks, still long hours.
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