RBC Financial Group Reviews

Pros

provides great opportunity to grow within the company

Cons

big corporate company can get hierarchical

Advice to Senior Management

the management needs to be more diverse, aggressive and innovative...

Pros

Is a recvognized company that support their employees

Cons

Sometimes you can have a heavy workload

Pros

In terms of student experience, I believe that working in a corporate environment is actually a very good thing. You get to learn many aspects of the industry on a larger scale.

Cons

While there are great aspects about working in a corporate environment, there is less exposure into other areas of your field since the job positions are much more specific. You rarely get the experience other roles, unless requested by managers.

Advice to Senior Management

I believe that RBC is a great place to work for all students wanting experience, however, I think it would be great if students had the opportunity to shadow other positions, even for a day, on other roles within their field.

Pros

Enjoy working from home and flexible working schedule.

Cons

career advancement is limited and development team is too fat with many unnecessary staffs.

Advice to Senior Management

Compensation and promotion should base on the knowledge and skill set not the years works for the company.

Pros

Good learning from inhouse team.

Cons

Lower and middle anagement needs more training to be effective.

Advice to Senior Management

A work life balance is more important than the bottom line.

Pros

- lots of different jobs within the company you can work for
- mentorship is huge and they are very open to innovation and teamwork

Cons

- lots of colleagues are incompetent and there is office politics
- does not foster many young workers for talent

Advice to Senior Management

- get to know the lower employees who will eventually become executive members later on
- have a performance system

Pros

- Good traning program
- Good work benefits
- Different work positions and opportunities

Cons

- High sales objective
- Complicated work procedures

Advice to Senior Management

- Better incentives for performing and hard-working employees

Pros

The financial benefits and competitive salary (locally) headline some of the best reasons. Most benefits will improve with each progressive year and our rights as employees are observed. Opportunities for training in present areas of expertise are available to all employees and externally at local universities, based on specific conditions being fulfilled.

Cons

Autonomy and authority for line managers are restrictive, Display of initiative is not condoned. Transparency in career advancement is lacking.

Advice to Senior Management

Allow managers at the SBU decision-making authority and ensure accountability. A reasonable level of growth will not be achieved without some calculated risks and these managers see them frequently enough.

Pros

Good benefits, great co workers, good opportunity for advancement

Cons

Low pay, bad hours. Extremly high sales targets

Advice to Senior Management

n/a

Pros

Excellent Place to Work. Lots of opportunity for advancement if you prove yourself in current role. Available training for career shifting or re-allignment of skills.

Cons

Difficult to "manage out" problem employees. The company makes it difficult to remove problem employees bu giving them TOO much athority within the structure.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to look for innovative ways to improve processes. Just because we are in a old financial institution does not mean improvements can not be made with technology.