Back stabbing culture and fear based senior leadership - Consultant CIBC Employee Review

1.0
Sep 12, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Decent compensation - Free coffee / tea - Downtown Toronto - 9-5 culture

Cons

- Culture of 'busy bodies' that backstab people. Trying to get colleagues fired seems to be a hobby of most people at this organization. - Inflated job titles. Someone who would be called a Manager somewhere else is called a Director at CIBC. A Sr. Consultant is a Sr. Manager. This has caused small people to feel they are big and important. They feel entitled to be respected and get upset when new hires don't respect a 27 year old "Sr. Mgr". Ridiculous. - Sr. Leadership are incredibly two faced and rule by intimidation. Being honest with your own manager is career suicide at this place.

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