Great Culture - Terrible HR and Location Strategy - Assistant Vice President Citi Employee Review

4.0
7 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The people are great to work with, lovely and genuine.

Cons

These past two years have made it a toxic work environment - the survivor's guilt and constant (every week) round of layoffs is insane. We legit see the push to send our jobs overseas and down south. Everyone's trying to get out asap. HR has been significantly reduced in the NY office, so we now have new HR partners in Florida. They are so useless and don't know what they are doing.

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5.0
20 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Strong name recogition. Global footprint

Cons

Outdated trading systems, hyper competitive equities department due to relatively lower street ranking

3.0
3 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Hybrid schedule, supportive managers, opportunities

Cons

Once you’re in, comp basically plateaus. Layoffs are happening across the board, which tends to be the full-time culture of citi. The vibe is very much “run lean” until something actually breaks, and only then consider adding headcount. You have to be intentional about protecting your work-life balance, because the implicit expectation is that you’re always on—24/7, 365—without the support of a properly staffed team.

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