Too big will fail - Anonymous employee Citi Employee Review

2.0
Mar 7, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Compensation was strong versus comparables within the same industry. - Relative autonomy for individual teams with little management micromanagement.

Cons

- Too big. - Too big. - Antiquated systems. - Decisionmaking was very slow and cumbersome. - Competency of management was questionable.

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