Good company, could be great if diversity was a focus
Pros
IB has an excellent value system, culture is wonderful if you are a middle aged white male. Lots of opportunities and low hanging fruit to be a standout performer. Flexibility to be with family and friends
Cons
I found myself at lunch today with a group of team members and the conversation of women at IB came up. Seriously just take a look at our executive team, zero women, VP's? Zero! Directors, 6 females, and 3 are in the same department. It is disappointing to see the lack of female leadership at IB, however, if you are a minority female, the path is so limited, darn near impossible. There are only 2 minority female managers in the home office. That is insane, we have had more in the past but each of them has been pushed out, or demoted to individual contributor roles. One of the highest ranking black women in the company was just moved over to a project role this week! Another one was moved to an IC role last year after transforming her department and helping us do HR better, some just leave, the list goes on and on. Hard to trust and relate to leadership when there is no one who looks like you.
