Credit Suisse Reviews

Pros

Great environment, cafe, gym, etc. Support employees in taking course/training, and getting certificate. Efforts were rewarded.

Cons

Playing the rules and visibility is more important in promotion. Long hours and lots of weekend work.

Advice to Senior Management

Supposing one employee to finish two people's work is not realistic.

Pros

benefits are good espeically paternity leave

Cons

salary is low...........no raises bank wide 3 out of 4 years

Advice to Senior Management

n/a

Pros

Good benefits
Diverse cultures
They tout flexible working arrangements
Big supporters of philanthropic activities

Cons

Long hours
Limited flexibility
Not supportive of women on maternity leave or when they return

Pros

Fantastic Services (cafetria, dry cleaner, gym, barber etc...)

Cons

I ended working for a senior management team with limited vision which not the norm at CS

Advice to Senior Management

Fire incompetent senior managers and ensure that the review process is done with diligence

Pros

Good work life balance
They treat contractors well, just like full time employee. This is the best part.
Flexible working hours, but working from home is generally restricted. You need to provide a good reason to work from home.
No micromanagement, You are given enough freedom to take day to day decisions.
Great cafeteria !

Cons

Recent layoffs creating confusion
Plan to move some employees to NY office is not clearly communicated. This creates lot of uncertainty among the employees as they could not plan anything long term like buying property etc.
Management dont update employees about the new developments. They all sit in NY office and there is communication gap.
Each managers have their preferred employees in their group and you can survive only if you are in a group.
Benefits and bonus are not great .

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate more often with the employees.

Pros

Good working culture, flexibility, Stable bank, strong management

Cons

Package may not be the best in the market.

Advice to Senior Management

Retain and pay well to keep well derserving employees. 360 feedback to review managers level who may not be culture fit

Pros

given substantial responsibility, challenging work environment

Cons

cultural differences between the regions are unbearable

Pros

Nice people
Name value. big on the street
Conservative

Cons

Consertive can mean slow, lack of challenge

Advice to Senior Management

Kepp up the good work!!

Pros

good opportunity and flexible hours

Cons

slow promotion process and not so good networking

Pros

Great benefits package, location and pay. Personnel is extremely professional. Many networks to correspond with other employees and individuals with similar situations, parents, women, veterans, etc.

Cons

Very large company so the processes existing for employees to do what is necessary can be daunting to deal with on a day to day basis.