Lousy HR team, horribly low bonus, low morale, bad work life balance, hypocritical and uncaring management - Vice President Sales Citi Employee Review

2.0
24 Apr 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Shuttle bus is provided - that's probably the main good thing

Cons

1) Cost cutting everywhere, resulting in incompetent and badly trained staff mainly from HR (made up of shared services team in Mumbai, India and Manila, Philippines - you can imagine the kind of quality you get from these places). 2) Horribly low bonus (it's so low that you have to laugh, yet Citi is shameless enough to continue with this practice for so long - it's measured in weeks, not months). Annual salary increment is less than SG's inflation rate of 5%. 3) Unfair HR practices - HR is never there to conduct open, fair and transparent processes for the benefit of the staff. 4) Management (SVP and beyond - many are incompetent, and just good at being hypocrites) 5) Low morale now given the constant changes and restructuring 6) Too many Indians in Citi and their performance make people feel that they are there by way of referral and not by merit

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5.0
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Pros

Great benefits, nice campus, on-site cafeteria with many options, on-site gym (fee is approx $15/mo). Nice/newly renovated buildings, with nice amenitites (break room, jump in/out offices for privacy). In general, work-life balance was good, especially being able to work remotely (additionally) as needed.

Cons

They tend to do re-orgs fairly often (every 1.5 years or so), so it can be hard to get promoted within your current role, you should plan on applying for other roles within the firm, at the level you are looking to be promoted to. Must work in office at least 3 days/week starting in 2026, used to be 2 days a week from 2021-2025. Which means parking will be crowded if you don't get there by 9am. Work stations are not reserved, so if you don't get there early enough and if you don't have a co-worker saving you a spot, you might not find a seat in your work area very easily.

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3.0
29 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and work/life balance if you're on the right team.

Cons

Having a bad manager dictates everything about your job. You will see no upward mobility or compensation improvement if you are under a poor manager.

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