Deutsche Bank reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(12,820 total reviews)
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Christian Sewing

85% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Deutsche Bank has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 12,820 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Deutsche Bank 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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4.0
Jun 26, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It's stable, you can be sure in tomorrow. It has good social benefits, like medical insurance, long vacation. There is almost no overtime working, because the users of software are from DB itself. DB don't try to save money, hiring less qualified employees, so the team is high qualified and smart. DB gives a lot of freedom to software engineers. In general it trusts employees. There are almost no restrictions in use of internet. All rules usually more declared, than are controlled technically. Also there is no control over the employees, like counting working time, or visited internet sites. The main thing is getting things done.

Cons

It's a very big company and therefore it is sometimes behind the life. For instance, wages are increased once in the year, after annual bonus. But here in Russia, average salary level (as well as inflation) may increase highly over the year, and after a year raise may be that to just cover the inflation. Also it touches all kinds of request of software or hardware upgrades. Other thing is that direct management doesn't control employees much and doesn't make guidelines as for tasks, and for whole career development. Also DB is not for people who loves dynamic style of working.

5.0
Jun 20, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good organization with clear structure and career paths.

Cons

Too many layers of management between the bottom people and those at the top.

4.0
Jun 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to work with talented people around the world on projects with global scope. From Asia, through Europe to South America, there were dedicated resources who made any project interesting and enriching. Very often the projects were leading edge as business lines saw and strove to be first tap new markets with new products, technology and solutions. Resources and technology were also always available as tools in order to conceive or deliver the next generation of products. There was also a strong focus on training and development. Even when budgets were tight, it was possible for budget to attend world class educational sessions.

Cons

Cultural and ideological clashes with management outside of the US. When you have good people who want to work hard and do the right thing, the hardest thing is to step back and let them do it. In this organization, there too often tends to be only one, global, central right way of doing things, even if that's not an ideal fit in certain localities, or even if certain local resources may question direction based on their own not-insignificant expertise. The home office, branch mentality is very common in many organizations, but there is value in overcoming it and opening lines of communication.

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