$20 billion bailout & you still laid off 50,000 people? - Anonymous employee Citi Employee Review

1.0
Dec 9, 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Global reach. Best resources and the best people. Smart, motivated, and driven. People from all over the world you can tap into and gain knowledge from. The learning was quite good. I was in marketing and I learned more there than any other place I worked before. They know how to market well.

Cons

They put no value on people. Get the work done and increase shareholder value. I tried to find a place in the company where they valued people and was told by HR that Citigroup is not the place to work if this is what I am looking for.

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Cons

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