Citibank, work for corporate HQ or else not worth working for. - Licensed Personal Banker Citi Employee Review

2.0
Jan 4, 2009
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Pros

If you haven't had a professional experiences, this would be a good start. Citigroup is a big name to be written on your resume. Company benefits cover most of the museums in NY and health, dental coverages are very cost effective (until 2008). Benefit costs doubled in 2009.

Cons

If you are working anywhere else but NY, there are no room for career development. You are stuck on a dead-end job. All directives are passed down from NY and there are no recourse. After two years of being a Personal Banker, your option is to become a Business Banker or a Branch Manager. Most of the bankers quite before two years. Compensation plan seems to change every quarter and upper managements in NY are trying their best to minimize bankers' compensation payouts.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Hybrid schedule, supportive managers, opportunities

Cons

Once you’re in, comp basically plateaus. Layoffs are happening across the board, which tends to be the full-time culture of citi. The vibe is very much “run lean” until something actually breaks, and only then consider adding headcount. You have to be intentional about protecting your work-life balance, because the implicit expectation is that you’re always on—24/7, 365—without the support of a properly staffed team.

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