Citigroup Reviews

Pros

Great training, everyone was very helpful when ever I needed any assistance. Manager was very respecful and helpful. Good pay and benefits.

Cons

Confusing job description for collectors. Wait is too long before you can transfer to another department.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing a great job and thank you for all your support!

Pros

Ability to work remotely is a plus.

Cons

Poor quality of people, pay and benefits need improvement.

Pros

As a Financial Advisor at CPWM, you truly can help individuals achieve their financial dreams. You impact your clients lives in a big way through providing sound investment advice. Your schedule is flexible. You are the master of your domain. You have the ability to run your own practice according to how you see fit. The bank staff, your business partners serve as the primary source for new client referrals. This stream of incoming referrals is a huge advantage for a new FA to establish or grow a new book of business.

Cons

Citigroup is a former Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) company- meaning the company was bailed out during the financial crisis of 2008. Therefore Citi & all of its subsidaries (particularly the investment division, CPWM) is a hollow company with aninefficient infrastructure. The intranet platforms are clunky. The business is not sreamlined & burdened with out of date technology & poor business practices. It takes way too long to do get anything done. No reliable back office support and no company morale. Middle management is unreliable because they are spread too thin and over worked.

Advice to Senior Management

Quality over quanity please!
Don't lose sight of the long-term for short-term sales goals.

Pros

Citi is a large corporation with a lot of opportunity for both career growth and career change. There is a concerted effort to promote meritocracy.

Cons

Citi is very large. It is hard to find what is done by units with which you have no contact.

Pros

Exposure, thrown in the deep end from the beginning

Cons

Always on a rush, need more design, operational budget and thinking time.

Advice to Senior Management

Think, plan, execute, Rather than simply exxecuting.

Pros

Vast Oppty to grow and learn
Multiple locations and lines of business

Cons

Insiders get slow promotions and salary hikes
Lateral hires are given better hikes

Advice to Senior Management

Develop internal talent assiduosly

Pros

Stability, global reach
 Excellent training

Cons

Limited regional growth after Senior VP

Advice to Senior Management

Reach beyond N.Y. to promote growth and advancement, huge missed opportunity

Pros

good benefits and good options
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Cons

too corporate of a structure
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Pros

Good flexibility for home work scenario

Cons

No salary increase for many years

Advice to Senior Management

Please improve the company

Pros

You learn how to dumb something complex down to a power point deck.

Cons

You will be pidgeon-holed. Wherever you start.... expect to stay there, and at that salary.

Advice to Senior Management

If your goal is to increase value for shareholders - you're doing a good job.