Citigroup Reviews

Pros

It is multinational company has many departments in IT and hence has lots of scope of development as faster tech leads to quicker financial transaction

Cons

I was working as an intern and hence was not able to learn as much as I would have wanted to

Advice to Senior Management

Internships should be made a little longer.. and allow one to work on live projects which will allow an intern to appreciate the gravity of his work

Pros

Pay, benefits, commission structure, cafeteria, days off.

Cons

The job can be very repetitive. You may also not like dealing with all the customer service issues. Sales can be tough, so you will have some bad days.

Advice to Senior Management

you need to make sure that you are always in a good mood and don't get down on yourself if you have a bad day in sales.

Pros

Reputation, Working hours flexibility, good co worker relationship, learning oppurtunity, security wise good to work from home option, good appreciation

Cons

internal politics, less salary, ok work place, ok management, no growth, no option to work from International places when on vacation

Advice to Senior Management

Recognize the work done by the employers, recognize the internal politics going on, can do more better, mainly has to create a good environment

Pros

Pretty good work/life balance, other than that not much to recommend.

Cons

You can work your a$$ off, get the best performance review that you have ever received and not get a pay raise or a bonus!!

THAT'S CRAP!!!!

Advice to Senior Management

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!!!!!

Pros

Work-Life Balance and great work environment

Cons

Takes time to move to next level

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

Online training was great. I actually miss it still. You could learn about anything you wanted, and I took full advantage of that.

Good vacation and personal time off package for my position.

Ability to work from home.

The company has a good name so it wasn't too difficult to jump to a competent FI.

Global footprint theoretically allows you to move anywhere. I'm not sure how many people actually do this though.

Cons

-High school like atmosphere.
-Generally disinterested, absent and self promoting management
-Not a meritocracy, even though they say they are.
-GTS is a joke, no opportunity for growth. Too much focus on expenses has damaged staff morale severely.
-Poor cafeteria (Buffalo location)
-HR is nonexistent when you need them, actually always nonexistent except for email reminders about dress code constantly. Unwilling to help employees.

Advice to Senior Management

No one cares about VOE because nothing changes. Don't pay money hand over fist to consultants and ignore your employees for promotion and raises. Stop sending us emails about how great financially we are doing and then give sub par compensation.

Ditch the extraneous business and focus on your core competencies. Massive amounts of middle management that does nothing and should be eliminated.

Treat your analysts and reps with dignity and respect. Not the lip service that is given now.

This bank can only rely on economies of scale for long without change.

Don't say we didn't warn you.

Pros

flexibility, respect to co workers, work remote

Cons

no bonus, no promotions, not much appreciation

Advice to Senior Management

give appreciaton when a person does good job

Pros

Good paymaster in the financial market
lots of performance related bonus, retention bonus, conveyance, travel allowance
good work atmosphere/ location

Cons

Chuck out immdtly if you are a non performer
Remains the same for performers caught in between some personal problem

Pros

Flexible Work benefits, generous time off package, company daycare, global mobility options, and plenty of work from home positions in IT.

Cons

2011 will be the third year without significant raises or bonuses, even for high performing VPs. If you do decide to work for Citi you will hear a lot of talk about meritocracy, unfortunately it is just talk. Merit increases will not be given in 2011 once again, regardless of performance rating.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest in the existing staff. Much effort and money is spent surveying the staff, writing plans to address survey results, and then recruiting new staff because foundational concerns like compensation and quality of benefits are not addressed. Instead, focus on compensating and retaining quality staff.

Pros

great benefits and fun coworkers

Cons

fairly incompetent senior management team. Promoting people who are good individual contributors, not good managers.