Arab Banking Reviews

Pros

ABC is a leading Arab bank

Cons

Losses incurred in the past

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

- Great work life balance
- Decent compensation
- Bahrain is a fairly comfortable and cheap place to live in.
- The bank takes care of its employees.

Cons

- Leadership is extremely weak
- Nationality bias in the selection of senior management (a heavy glass ceiling seen)
- Originality of thinking and creativity are not encouraged much.

Advice to Senior Management

- Change the incentive and promotion structure for the bank.
- Remove nationality and other biases in selection of senior management.
- Senior management should not blindly follow the advice of some western consultants who take them for a ride.

Pros

family style organization, very personal no bureaucracy, good learning curves and talented individuals in which to learn from...

Cons

very slow at times, boring work environment, working styles old fashioned. working hours mish smashed with 8am starts and 4pm finishes with no lunch break. people always being away within the firm on trips and holidays. cost cutting made very obvious within the firm and ridiculously

Advice to Senior Management

value employers who present great competence, include junior level people in the work more rather than giving very tedious tasks which do not spark any excitement and rigor.

Pros

Established bank, renowned shareholders, vary of products and services offered

Cons

Bureaucracy, not focused, should take care of their human talents

Advice to Senior Management

Need to be more open to ideas and keep an open mind