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.