Group Finance & Risk has serious problems
Pros
Pro’s : -Allow working from home -Plenty of opportunities, vast technology and regulatory related development work ongoing
Cons
- serious racism issue across finance change. 95% of staff and contractors are white. The 5% of minorities that are hired are not supported , tend to get bullied and this has led to a culture of aggressive, ruthless behaviour from the handful of people from minority groups, that have made it into senior positions. - very aggressive culture. If you are Asian , Black or Latino there is little chance of succeeding . There is a strong culture of racism particularly in global finance change . - white managers do not support the minorities, despite them bring less than 5% of the department. They don’t enjoy coaching or encouraging staff from minority groups and don’t have any concept of the challenges those minorities face when it comes to voicing ideas, trying to get a plan in place to deliver on a project. It is only possible to get any momentum from the wider teams when a white person is leading. - I have seen that many of the white management did not go to university, but worked into senior positions after several years at the bank. They have serious issues with diversity and don’t even tend to speak to people from minority groups. They aren’t the most sophisticated or cultured. Leadership in the modern sense , is non existent. They openly speak about votng UKIP and Brexit.
