Deutsche Bank reviews

From an IT perspective, 5+ years ago Deutsche was a great bank hiring the best people. Most of the good people have since left, leaving behind the dead wood. Why? - no longer pays top money - bureaucratic organisation makes it hard to get things done - creativity and innovation are stifled - jumps on the nearest bandwagon but is always behind the curve, never leading - too focused on cost cutting, and often in the wrong places - too many layers of ineffective management - decision makers sit in ivory towers and do not engage with the troops until after decisions have been made - cronyism - lack of 360 reviews resulting in poor quality management team - replacing good quality, experienced on-shore staff with cheaper off-shore staff - poor quality IT systems

If your manager does not like you on personal level you will not get anywhere careerwise despite doing a lot of good and hard work around the clock. No promotions from within, always bring in someone from outside to fill in a title aspired to by employees working towards getting that title. Recently a lot of employees and managers from crappy US companies began to arrive to Deutsche turning it into another rotten place with their incompetence and tribal politics. Very sad. If you are in IT and of wrong national origin you will be treated like dirt and abused despite being smarter then the majority.