Pros
Good work/life balance, good company culture, inclusive and diverse, good amount of holiday, decent pay
Cons
The graduate programme are extremely incompetent and, in my opinion, should be almost entirely replaced. They care little or not at all about the well-being of the graduates, they’re not very nice people, they come from Retail Banking backgrounds so have no commercial ability to handle the CMB programme, and frankly, they’re terrible at their jobs. You cannot talk to them about a concern without worrying you’re jeopardising your career, they treat you like children and show zero respect to you. They have clear favourites and, if you’re not one of them, good luck getting a recommendation or decent rating from them. Would never recommended this graduate programme PURELY because of those who manage it. Which is a shame, because the leaders in the rest of the bank are pretty great. Numerous graduates have dropped out of the programme due to the managers, many have left because of how the managers have handled the location/type of placements, and numerous have had to take time off because the programme has compromised their mental health.