Citi reviews

Management is stuck in the 1970s, crowing about the benefits of their experience in "the Lehman System" of cranking out calls, following the time zones and "gathering the assets." Of course, there's little regard for what happens to clients because you're just supposed to focus on "assets and account." In today's highly competitive market where clients can get many of the services provided by financial advisors on the internet, you need to focus on giving clients the benefits of working with you and only you--that takes time, and it's a relationship that isn't going to start with a dinnertime cold call. Sadly, unless companies like this change, they're going to go the way of the dinosaurs which, by the way, is what many people call management.

Working at a big company has its drawbacks as well. A lot of times communication is broken between departments. Sales goals are nearly impossible to reach eliminating a chance of promised commission. Not easy to move up - Citi's presence in Boston is still very limited. Insurance premiums are fairly high, but I guess they are high everywhere these days.