Bureaucracy and controls overkill - Assistant Vice President Citi Employee Review

2.0
Jul 4, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

One of the too-big-to-fail banks (for now), and there's a lot of ambition? (but not much thought and resources to match up to it)

Cons

Too many controls in place and that limits development and progress of business/projects; forever on a cost cutting drive; doesn't value employee welfare and work/life balance at all.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Hybrid schedule, supportive managers, opportunities

Cons

Once you’re in, comp basically plateaus. Layoffs are happening across the board, which tends to be the full-time culture of citi. The vibe is very much “run lean” until something actually breaks, and only then consider adding headcount. You have to be intentional about protecting your work-life balance, because the implicit expectation is that you’re always on—24/7, 365—without the support of a properly staffed team.

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