CIBC - strong retail network, weak capital markets platform - Account Manager - Small Business CIBC Employee Review

3.0
Feb 8, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- large corporation, good career opportunities, strong retail bank and credit card division. There is a lot of opportunity to move around within the corporation. Management rewards fairly well with strong performance. Pay for education including stock licenses and other relevant courses.

Cons

- weakening capital markets platform, penchant for senior management to take higher risks for minimal rewards, limiting comp. The bank has made some American type errors in their corp portfolio and are know paying for it. CIBC world markets used to battle DS for top wholesaler in Canada, those days are for now over. It may be a while until CIBC world markets gets their act together.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

-People were friendly and would do coffee chats/one-on-one lunches. -Other interns were great. -Base compensation as an analyst is on the higher end.

Cons

-Feedback from intern manager only given at the end of a rotation differed greatly from what team members would directly tell me which was confusing. Makes me think people are only nice on the surface. -Team members prioritized some interns over others in terms of work given and time spent. -Teams in the same product group had wildly different work life balance with some working 70+ hours a week and others working close to 40. -Has high turnover overall due to lower compensation at the Director+ level.

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