Crédit Agricole Reviews

Pros

-leader in Structured Finance, and therefore highly competent teams in this field
-good pay compared to the market
-offices in a lot of locations

Cons

-very bad office
-very indivualist behaviour of part of the staff
-obsolete IT infrastructure
-not a lot of room for professionnal growth

Advice to Senior Management

Team spirit must be thought over, and management could be improved. Lack of communication between staff, strategy not completely clear.

Pros

nice colleagues and good balanced environment

Cons

Poor career prospects / Poor progression

Advice to Senior Management

N/A

Pros

Good salary, benefits and good work life balance

Cons

heavy politics at work and minimal growth opportunities

Advice to Senior Management

they should provide some growth opportunities

Pros

+Strong Balance Sheet
+Competetive FX, Securitization, European DCM, and general risk management products
+Excellent International Network in 60+ countries
+Good People with respect to international treamwork and local execution
+Creative

Cons

-Limited incentive to refer clients accross Credit Agricole business silos
-Self-focus by senior management inhibits consistency in strategy and customer facing
-Inconsistent availability of capital accross geographies, business lines, and clients
-Understaffed in Mid-Office
-Missing non-French influence of Senior Management

Advice to Senior Management

Combine the Trade Finance Group with the Corporate Bank.

Pros

This French bank is very huge, also offices are huge. It depends on where you are working in, but I feel alright. Very interesting projects. Self restaurant opened from 11h30am to 2:00 pm. Stress less!

Cons

Very old population here! A Hierarchy a bit disconnected from earth as they might coming from a past generation. Salary reviews are inexisting.

Advice to Senior Management

Staff meeting should be interactive and not only just in one way! You know what I mean? Oh give me a break with that!

Pros

decent work/life balance, strong international presence, relatively laid back atmosphere, though french laissez faire attitude pervades the place-- not good for the US business

Cons

poor communication on all levels (including management and employees), promotion system too political, too many interested parties duking it out over territory

Advice to Senior Management

get the US business together, hire some top notch staff, and focus focus focus; large market opportunity awaits, but management is letting it get away

Pros

Great team work, friendly work environment

Cons

slow internal process and little bit political

Advice to Senior Management

Need to be more agressive in expanding business

Pros

Cred Ag is a good place to work if you just need a job rather than a career opportunity. they provide great benefits and are very flexible when you need to take time off. there is a very young crowd that all get along and like each other. everyone hangs out together every now and then and every one seems to relate to each other. the benefits are up the wall such as meals, long paid vacations, gym membership, transit vouchers, retirement plans, and many many more. the people are extremely friendly and for the most part have been there a long time.

Cons

while the benefits are fantastic and the company seems to spend a lot of money on staff entertainment and benefits, they are very reluctant to provide market competitive salaries bonuses and promotions. it is pretty much a pigeon hole with no room for advancement. you can be praised for everything you do and they may tell you that you are great, but they just do not have the business model to promote people. this is why there has recently been so much staff turnover. they throw going away parties and end up spending so much money when they could have just given good raises.

Advice to Senior Management

none