Citi reviews

Where to start. Cit was the most toxic work environment I have ever been in, mainly driven by the leadership of the bank. They are all extremely immature and constantly playing the politics game, taking credit for the work of juniors while shifting blame down for their own failures. The MD of PPNR modeling is particularly bad there and continues to push delusional and useless ideas about projects because "he has never seen a model he thinks is finished." Problem is, he never approves any models, so nothing gets done and you will end up doing useless analysis with him getting more and amore abusive if you don't do what he says. Furthermore, he constantly pushes ideas that cannot be done given the data and resources available. He frankly has no idea what he is doing and you will end up just getting so fed up with it that you leave after a few years. Don't fall for the nonsense in the interview. They do not promote, there are no internal opportunities for anything, and he is not "building best in class models." If you join that team, you will be part of a team that likely gets another MRIA for the bank for not building any models. All because they followed the bad ideas and delusions of an MD who has never built a model.

Please, do yourself a favor and read the reviews for the city / position of interest that you are considering; additionally, pay attention to the posting date and similar, highly positive reviews that should be read with caution (HR has been trying to change external opinions to try to recruit more people, as they can't keep up with the high turnover rate - hence, the use of so many recruiting / contract companies). Hiring Process: As many others have stated, get EVERYTHING in writing that you are told; ask deeper questions regarding the "bonus" / "merit pay increase" / benefits, etc...They are not as advertised by the internal recruiters. You WILL be working more than 40 hours per week, EVERY week, contrary to the "...on rare occasions you may have to work a couple of extra hours" that is told during the hiring process (as you will find out at the beginning of training when you start hearing and seeing the real hours). Culture and General Work: Very negative, depressing culture, from the top-down. I am a person who can find a positive in any situation, as are many great coworkers at CitiGroup, but after working 12-16 hour days and weekends (no overtime pay), and still being told by management that we aren't doing enough and need to work harder / faster, positives are hard to find; constant verbal threats about job security / performance plans, etc...without support or how they are going to fix the unreal work imbalance across the floor. After 1.5 years of working non-stop (including holidays from home), I had had enough and voluntarily resigned; I was the 29th person to do so in only 2 months! The Team Lead's will tell you how great you are doing on your cases and QA scores, etc...and then later that same day, tell you how you need to be doing more cases, although they know that you are putting in all of the extra hours and doing great work (?? - confusing, makes you feel defeated and frustrated? Yes!). Benefits / Pay: 20% below industry average pay and subpar benefits. Citi is an international, huge company, yet I the benefits were the worst that I had ever had working in various industries for 15+ years. Aside from the low pay, excessive hours and negative culture, plan for $82 - $98 to come out of your paycheck (for an individual) and still have to pay high deductibles / copays, for a healthy person.