Pros
The bank used to be a great place to work. There were a lot of heavyweights in/around the bank, who were more than willing to engage with you, work together, share knowledge, etc.. There was a sense of "achievement by doing", not "achievement by meeting attendance" nor even "achievement by rolodex."
Cons
Post credit-crisis, the bank started absorbing a lot of the dead-weight that was cut from other institutions. These individuals came onsite, having been cut at earlier positions, with a very political-approach. The mgmt level new-hires helped to alter the whole bank's atmosphere. Towards the end of my tenure, I couldn't stand the thought of dealing with mgmt., at any level. And by mgmt, I'm referring to anybody who couldn't PROPERLY PERFORM AND/OR AT LEAST DESCRIBE the job of his/her subordinate(s) on any given day. The bank is now crawling with this type, and it's unfortunate. And all of this boils down to an unsatisfactory work env, coupled with a lack of a sense of achievement in anything.. due to the fact that your mgmt doesn't understand your job, doesn't intend to understand the bank's functionalities, and this very disconnect doesn't help your year-end review. The reason that this somewhat disconnected mgmt level flourishes within this bank is because other pre-existing mgmt figures have hired them. They need to ensure that this newly hired mgmt layer flourishes, and def not fail. And therein lies the crucial problem.