Credit Suisse Reviews

Pros

Is big. It offers a lot of benefits to its employees.

Cons

It is slow. Efficiency is not the strongest point.

Advice to Senior Management

Flexiiblty and more rewards to the young people.

Pros

CS is a very "friendly" and collegial place to work (as compared to other financial firms). All opinions are respected and I haven't experienced any backstabbing or unnecessary competition.

Cons

The compensation level is not very good as compared to other firms on the street. Also, there tends to be too much emphasis on process, formal management methodologies, etc.

Advice to Senior Management

Sometimes you need to just get things done. You can't study everything to death, or get things accomplished by formal (somewhat academic) assessment methodologies.

Pros

Good work culture, work-life balance
Good pay master
Good career advancement opportunities via internal mobility

Cons

Promotion/Review process not very transparent.
Regional transfers/mobility not easy to achieve.

Pros

+ Good salary
+ Very qualificated coworkers in my area (most of them as anywhere...)
+ Enough time for research

Cons

- Long regular working time

Pros

Good compensation with a fair recognition structure in place if you are looking to be ambitious. Growth may not be as fast as desired but it is reasonable.

Cons

Career growth may not be as fast as some like, promotion system is limited depending on the size of the department and distribution of higher titles.

Pros

Great firm with large potential. As the second largest Swiss bank it has few challanges ahead on both the domestic and foreign markets.

Cons

Budget constrains will impact future perfomance, however, the trend in cutting unperforming task will benefit the firm in the long run.

Advice to Senior Management

more transparency

Pros

Flexible, good benefits, decent pay

Cons

all stratehy driven from NY, politics

Advice to Senior Management

none at this time

Pros

close to home; colleagues are friendly

Cons

It is a waste of time there; Singapore's project is crappy

Pros

flexible working hours and nice ambience to work and not much pressure is not put on employees for the deliverables

Cons

Not competitive salary and the exposure to the actual business is limited and also the mobility opportunity is not very prevalent

Pros

It was rewarding. When I started with the firm, I was given the opportunity to build my own team, develop a reporting package used by sr management to monitor the group's risks and performance. I was then challenged with enhancing the SOX documentation and testing, and then transitioning the work into the line.

Cons

Given the recent downturn in the markets, along with senior management turnover, the environment has changed. Employees are mandated to support why the firm needs them. Management performs morning and evening rounds to see what time people come in and what they leave. Employees are working longer hours. Functions are being turned into production roles, with no opportunity for growth and expansion for those performing those functions. Other functions are leaving NYC area entirely, which is contributing to the low morale.

Advice to Senior Management

Credit Suisse is not the place to be these days!