RBC Financial Group Reviews

Pros

-Large institution, so stable environment and good benefit
-Suppose one can expect high income

Cons

-Internal Transfer is not easy, so as other large corps.
-Promotion is not usual

Advice to Senior Management

Need to constant discover new talent.

Pros

The Benefits, vacation, bonuses each year, stable company if you are under level 5. Variety of Employee discounts and offers.

Cons

You really must build a network in this company to get ahead. Some Managers do not follow the values of RBC.

Pros

Company was heavily involved in community events. Extensive training. Great work-life balance and awesome co-workers. Good branch atmosphere and clean and modern buildings.

Cons

Failed to recognize my educational value and desire to be more that an account manager. Did not challenge my abilities enough.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay close attention to undergraduate students whom are about to graduate with Finance majors, especially those that express interest in higher thinking and a desire to advance. This is important to keep in mind when the individual's brilliant grades are supported by positive behaviours.

Pros

Good working environment and nice coworkers

Cons

Not so flexible and lack of challenges

Advice to Senior Management

More compact teams so that it is not necessary to put much time on communications among different groups.

Pros

In growth mode, lots of opportunity

Cons

Bureaucratic, process-heavy, should be more results-oriented

Pros

profitable, consistent making money, good equity trading business, both prop and market making.

Cons

need to diversity the business

Pros

Well defined processes take some of the drudgery out of Project Management.

Cons

The new project managers are not always skilled.

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

Good work atmophere, people and compensation.

Cons

Movement and promotion takes time to gradually get there.

Pros

Large institution with challenging positions available

Cons

Slow to adopt change and too conservative some times

Advice to Senior Management

Be more agile

Pros

Supportive management, room for advancement

Cons

Unrealistic goals at times, Year end bonus based on ridiculous survey results

Advice to Senior Management

Education of potential career paths