Citigroup Reviews in New York City, NY Area

Pros

Worked with smart people that also are willing to work as a team. A lot of learning opportunities and ability to move to different areas within Citi

Cons

A lot of politics when you go outside your group. You can be happy there and achieve something but if you think bigger it is hard to implement things because many people just think about themselve and not the bigger picture

Pros

Good career start for fresh graduates

Cons

poor work culture; poor benefit, shitty bonus

Pros

Flexibility and allowance for work life relationship.
Good atmosphere to work in.
Decent benefits package

Cons

receiving promotions and moving up is extremely hard.
too much competition for honors and awards
not enough recognition and financial awards for good performances

Pros

Very diverse work environment, safe environment to work

Cons

Too big, very hard to get just about anything done. When it's time for job cuts for some reason it usually happens around the holidays

Pros

good benefits, dynamic working environment meaning well facilitated career mobility within the company

Cons

lots of reorgs, management shuffling, insecurity to some degree causing unavoidable politics

Advice to Senior Management

value talents, build merit-based system for raises, bonuses, etc

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

Ability to work remotely is a plus.

Cons

Poor quality of people, pay and benefits need improvement.

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

Good flexibility for home work scenario

Cons

No salary increase for many years

Advice to Senior Management

Please improve the company

Pros

fantastic people (mostly)
global - opportunities to work abroad
fast, paced dynamic environment
infrastructure, tech, and support are light years beyond competitors

Cons

stock price hasn't moved
fair degree of nepotism and bureaucratic behavior
mgmt afraid to think outside the box
ridiculous guidelines (timeframes, etc) on promotions - not enough value placed on performance and reach of individual

Advice to Senior Management

people are great - if you work here, you can work anywhere - however, retention sucks and they are going to experience a brain drain b/c top performers keep leaving - we get messages about consistently posting profits for 7 quarters but then see our colleagues laid off and told bonuses and raises are going to be terrible. talk about messaging.