BNP Paribas Reviews

Pros

flexibility culture flexibility training worth
attention to the needs and requirements of the staff as well as motivation
training and improvement to the work life balance

Cons

work attitude team culture mentoringattention to the needs and requirements of the staff as well as motivation
training and improvement to the work life balance

Advice to Senior Management

attention to the needs and requirements of the staff as well as motivation
training and improvement to the work life balance

Pros

1)Work life balance
2)Recognisation is good if you are good
3)Great leave policy

Cons

1)Befits are less interms of package
2)Salary is not good if we comapare similer banks
3)No proper trainings on new technologies
4)less career oportunities

Advice to Senior Management

There is no plan for trainings in chennai location for employees.That is needed for employees as part of career oportunities.

Pros

exposiure. good name bank if you want to break into finance. Ability to reach out to many counterparties and research.
Its an interesting mix of many different nationalities of the employees in singapore, from all around the world.

Cons

poor poor company culture. You wont be recognized for the work you have done, and the traders have a very very poor approach towards organic growth, this is probably why most of their senior management are all outward hires.

Advice to Senior Management

Look towards growing your talent pool, instead of cutting back on all your graduate program candidates. c'mon these guys are the future of your company, with no succession plans, its no wonder the bank is in shambles

Pros

Interesting job and pleasant colleagues. The people at BNP are usually both smart and team players. IT fonctions work adequatly.

Cons

Management in my Business line was not enough involved to understand what was going wrong in my team. Not enough global thinking

Advice to Senior Management

Evaluate better your staff and offer more opportunities to grow competencies. A better bottom up management would make it a great place to work.

Pros

Some good people and good place to get into finance

Cons

Poor management and company politics

Pros

-Interesting Work/life balance
-Relative job security, especially in France

Cons

-Low pay compared to competition
-Highly political environment to get promoted

Advice to Senior Management

-Pay more attention to merit for promotion than politics

Pros

- international
- flexible
- strong
- historical
- motivating

Cons

- bureaucratic
- downsizing
- french chauvinism
- environmental awareness
- this was it

Advice to Senior Management

- be more modern

Pros

Nice mix of people work at BNP. Time off is liberal compared to most American companies. Work environment is collegial for the most part.

Cons

Lower salaries than other companies for comparable positions. Disorganized Human Resources and lack of interest in keeping employees over the long term. Significant turn over resulting from lack of attention to employee needs. Salaries are very inconsistent for the same position.

Pros

Near Regent's park, competitive pricing

Cons

Not enough focus on EM, Hiring decision sometimes irrational

Advice to Senior Management

Streamline the operation

Pros

Great benefits
Reasonable pay
International travel (with appropriate position)
Wonderful people
Opportunities for advancement
Exposure to other opportunities

Cons

Important decisions always decided by the French (Head Office)
Salaries can be less than industry standard
BNP Paribas less established in USA (lack of brand recognition)
Sometimes less sophisticated/advanced than competitors

Advice to Senior Management

Request feedback from stakeholders regarding performance of employees