Jul 4, 2017
BNP Paribas reviews
3.8
77% would recommend to a friend
Jean-Laurent Bonnafé
84% approve of CEO
61% positive business outlook
BNP Paribas has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 9,060 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BNP Paribas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).
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3.0
May 10, 2017
BNP Paribas - Pros vs Cons
Former employee, more than 10 years
Jersey City, NJ
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
BNP has an excellent vacation policy. ** Analysts - start with 21-25 days ** AVP's - start with 30 days ** VP's and higher - max out at 35 days Health benefits are also very comprehensive. ** Medical, Dental and Vision are covered Pay - if you are a new hire it is possible to start with market value Volunteering options for many community activities. BNP promotes a work-life balance ...BUT ... to be continued in the Cons section. Work from home options available, but dependent on the attitudes of the individual departments management. BNP does afford the opportunity to make job changes within the company.
Cons
Raises / Bonuses - horrible. The past 5 years have been the worst and you would be lucky to get 2-3% for both. There has been major global downsizing due to a $9 Billion fine. In the IT departments alone there were over 100 job cuts in 2016. So this is also a factor in the lower raises and bonuses. Jobs have also been either outsourced or near-shored in order to cut costs. Although BNP promotes a work-life balance, this does seem to trickle down to all of the departments within the company, especially in the IT departments. And if you attempt to take advantage of this then you take the chance of being "unofficially" flagged as not being a team player. In IT there are long hours and weekend work constantly all year round even if it's not your scheduled on-call or off-hours rotation. Even though some of the work is planned in advance, that requires most staff from all departments, the amount of projects that require off-hours and/or weekend work is off the charts. Many in IT senior management have their own political/business agendas that end up having repercussions on the working staff.
1.0
Nov 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Prime location, FCA regulated environment, future acquisition prospects, 1 fruit basket/ month for a whole floor, water coolers, industrial microwaves, expensive vending machines. BNP Paribas take-over which means streamlined budgets, no pay increase, no bonuses. The vision and values looks great on all the walls but no one knows what they stand for or cares for them unless their boss says they have to do it.
Cons
Operational management has no clue of FCA regulation. Anything negative that needs done their answer is to blame the FCA. Non-existent leadership skills. Prime example of why the financial crisis started. All 'yes-men' with no accountability. No risk-awareness culture. Bureaucratic environment. Continuous failure in processes which directly impact customers' finances and how much they are charged. Only drive for many individuals there is to get paid, have tea in the day-time and get drunk in Walkabout. Perks: stock you can't purchase, benefits only allowed to certain individuals. Strong separation between the fat cat directors on floors 5 and 6 and the rest of the plebs on floor 1 and 2. ZERO work life balance if you work in operations and are customer facing. Excellent candidate: anyone unsecure enough and able to accept to say yes to anything, keep their mouth shut when humiliated and bullied (although they call it banter and jokes) and accept minimum pay. In operations booking holidays is prohibited. No career progression for the educated, zero feedback on applications plenty of side-ways progression (cheap pay cheap results) for the un-educated yes-men, hence why CREATION products and services are anything less than competitive.
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