Pros
1. Heavy investment into training and onboarding. Most new joiners have limited business exposure and are instantly put into a 6-9 month training program where they learn about financial institutions and key business skills such as negotiation, professional communication and time management. 2. Countless "work-perks" such as: - Pay for you to do professional qualifications (EG: IMC, CFA, language qualifications) - Regular bonuses, - WfH capability, - Laptop and mobile phone allowance, - Summer Fridays, - International offsites, - International paid 2 week secondments, - Socials every month, - Health insurance, 3. Very much a meritocracy, the people who do well and put themselves forward succeed in the role. 4. Reacted really well in the Covid-19 situation. Like most businesses they had to furlough several people when the crisis hit, there was obviously some distress as this happened but it meant longer term the business was set up for success. The Executive Leadership Team have hosted weekly calls for the Global company to keep us updated on the situation. Our tech team posted all equipment we needed to do our jobs.
Cons
- The issue of having such a young workforce means that there has been a toxic sense of entitlement coming from some of the newer joiners. A lot of these graduates have been hired for a reason, they're smart and driven, however in many ways they are damaging the company. I have heard stories about new joiners demanding to speak to the CEO because they haven't had enough praise that week or starting a petition as they want the CEO to explain the mechanics of a sensitive decisions such as another employee's performance management program. In many instances this is their first experience of constructive feedback as they grow professionally. I would urge new joiners to be grateful they are receiving such frequent, personal feedback from their Managers to help them grow. - Work/Life Balance is a consistent issue as we are a client service role with a client base that barely sleeps. Whilst you might not finish dead on 6 every night, rarely are Client Associates working past 7pm on a busy day. You may have the odd email to reply to but rarely anything that would require getting your laptop out past 8pm.
