Citi Reviews in New Jersey

Current Employee – been working at Citi full-time for more than a year

Pros – Receptive culture, global outlook and supports employees for growth and personal goals.

Cons – Less visibility for middle management for accountability or ownership of tasks for deliverable.
Heavy dependency on outsourced partners worldwide with minimal control in many areas and over spending on projects.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Citi full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Not many left. There used to be some respect and team atmosphere. Some of the buildings are ok. All I can really think of as a solid positive is probably having Citi on your resume might open doors for you else where.

Cons – Intensely political, meaning that who you know matters far more than anything else. Game playing management tactics abound. If you are not playing golf and loosing to the boss in the right way they'll manage you out.
Not many people are fired, management will have a lot of fun managing you out. There is so much deadwood due to political promotions, the buddy system and sheer machinations that there are very few competent enough to do the work. If you are demonstrating you know your job and are willing to go the extra mile then woe to you. Essentially what happens is all the work that should have been done by favorites will be loaded onto you. They set you up to fail. They will joke about you in management meetings. "that fool, that looser"
How do you survive? Fit in. Find out immediately what your department managers are like. If you are a xerox copy of them, maybe you'll be invited into the club. You'll get 1's and 2's no matter what. Ramble on in endless sentences in the interminable meetings. Ape the speech patterns of the bosses.
Basically the culture is hard core Brooklyn NYC: antagonistic, cut throat, devious and full of power games. It's street hustling, machiavellian types that get ahead. If you are professional, forget it. This is a filthy knife fight in the streets. Departments are rival gangs. It all comes down to fists.
The little people by and large are nice. They don't get promoted. They don't fit in. Don't be nice. Don't play by the rules. It's better to drive the work than do the work. That's what's valued. The work is nothing. Talk loud and interrupt others. Be unpredictable. Make the work harder and criticize everyone and everything below you. Make your coworkers look like fools. Humiliate, denigrate, subvert, undermine. Suck up to those above you.

Advice to Senior Management – Is this a joke?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Citi full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Was part of rotational program so got to learn different areas of technology

Cons – Little Laid back environment.
Need to have good training programs for New Analyst

Advice to Senior Management – Need to have good training programs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Citi full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – It was a good association with the company. Good training and opportunities to grow.

Cons – Too much redundancy in technology and tools being used.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Citi full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Flex work and good benefits

Cons – You need to be connected to get somewhere or receive decent bonus

Advice to Senior Management – Appreciate the hard workers and show it in compensation.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Citi full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – This is one of the best places to learn about banking and financial industry. The company has inculcated a great culture of sharing information amongst its rank and file. People are always ready to help. Plus, being global organization helps if you would want to relocate and take on new challenges.

Cons – I found too much of outsourcing of technology and processing to third party companies, perhaps raising risks for the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Citi for more than a year

Pros – I have not found any pros working here for Citi Group, I would rather be unemployed.

Cons – It's not ethnic diversified. The India employee's do not speak to other ethnic employee's. Even if your in the same department. No other copy I have worked from have I been treated this way.

Advice to Senior Management – None

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Citi full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Alternate Work Strategies - very good work-life balance. The Company also has a good Internal Mobility program that enables employees to seek out openings in other areas, thus retaining talent.

Cons – Large size of the organization inhibits flexibility: Also, not renowned for being good pay-masters. Culture is not very conducive to innovation.

Advice to Senior Management – Encourage creativity; create banking/finance products that will make it the best-in-class.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Citi full-time for more than a year

Pros – big company, they treat you good, sometime reimberse your education. but some time not very efficient, good salary, have potential to grow

Cons – lack of team work, this is due to a small enviroment I worked in. company culture, layers of management make the work flow less efficient

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Citi full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – They were great with Work-Life balance, and they were very flexible with all employees. Working from home was frequently an option if you had a conflict or bad weather, and work hours were very reasonable 95% of the time.

Cons – Their pay is more than a 10% cut from the market rate, and raises have been less than cost of living over past 4 years. They don't make it easy to move internally, and their hiring process leaves much to be desired.

Advice to Senior Management – If you want to attract and retain top talent, you need to pay for it! Don't look to save money by cutting out coffee and water coolers, it only makes it less desirable to work there!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company