Good Place, bit protectionist - Technolgoy Consultant In Subsidiary KBC Employee Review

3.0
Dec 30, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Working in the technology area gives you fantastic insights into organizing a huge enterprise application. Most architectures are though old, very relevant and innovative. The people are welcome to association even if you work from an overseas office. Extraordinarily settled life and leisurely pace of life, (if you are working in projects driven by KBC and not as external consultant )

Cons

Extremely protectionist workforce, apparantly people are not welcome to aggressive change , ideas such as outsourcing, technology upgrade are viewed with suspicion and sometimes sabotaged. Company is less responsible to its subsidiaries outside of Flanders even if wholly owned . Controls are inadequate in some areas and long termers tend to become corrupt.

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Cons

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Pros

KBC takes good care of its employees. The benefits and compensation packages are generous overall. A lot of experienced people to learn from. Great retention rate. A lot of people have lasted over 20 years, or started their careers and retired at KBC.

Cons

Vertical career moves are limited, especially at the international branches. Lateral moves and addition cross-functional responsibilities are more frequent, however. This is quite possibly due to career longevity and retention rate. If you are in an urgent pickle at an international branch and need immediate assistance from someone in Belgium past 5PM over there, best of lucks. Figuring out who's on call is often akin to searching a needle through a haystack. Mostly data-driven decision making is centralized in Belgium. With geographical distance, that can create an occasional disconnect with local contexts and considerations at international branches that don't necessarily make it into the data stack.

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