Citi reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(36,456 total reviews)
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67% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Citi has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 36,456 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Citi employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is excellent in-house training resources...as long as one takes the initiative to look for them. Management pays more than lip service to the option of telecommuting and flexible work options, which is nice.

Cons

Let's be honest, it's a little embarrassing to have to admit that I work at this train wreck of a company! In addition, the company is such a behemoth, that everything is so stratified and separated, which makes for an abundance of red tape. There is a lengthy conference call for even the most innocuous of matters. The benefits and pay scales are paltry in comparison to similar financial services firms.

2.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a large broker dealer institution, giving you exposure to world capital markets. There is a large spend on Tech in general, and the size of the department ensures you have access to new technology that would not be seen in smaller IT environments. Training courses are provided, something which not all companies take seriously. The wide variety of projects you work on means simultaneously working on a variety of technologies. You will come out of a job with them with new buzzwords on your CV. Opportunities for moving business product area in some cases. Large degree of independece in how you complete your work.

Cons

Poor morale, poor tech architecture, management not aligned with staff, frequent project change, High project failure rate, high staff turnover, low pay in Investment Banking IT terms. Management change their duties and structure frequently, giving the impression of a lot of office politics. This impacts on the importance of projects, which can change with little or no input from developers in the project itself. Disparate systems is also a negative in that you tend to be constantly firefighting old/existing systems instead of concentrating on greenfield development. The pay, even on promotion, is not reflective of the extra hours/weekends put in to the job. It is not even higher than inflation.

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