True culture is how your employees feel on Sundays. - Senior Internal Auditor Citi Employee Review

1.0
Feb 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- 401k match - HSA Contribution

Cons

-Raw Truth: They don’t care if your kid is sick, you have an appointment, or your car broke down. ​-There is a systemic lack of empathy regarding family obligations and unforeseen life events; management views basic human needs as a lack of commitment rather than a part of life. -Raw Truth: They won't promote people of Indian descent (unless they are tech) and keep leadership "whites only." -The organization lacks a demonstrable commitment to DEI at the leadership level, with visible systemic barriers preventing qualified minority talent from advancing into lead roles. Minorities are the worker bees, management only need show strength of talking louder and more often - that equates to them as being a leader, not being knowledgeable or customer focused. -There is a palpable 'insider culture' that prioritizes a specific demographic for promotion, effectively sidelining experienced Indian-American professionals regardless of performance. Raw Truth: They’re hiring in Argentina to avoid paying US wages and using scripts because they don't speak English. These are their neighbors, FB friends, and cousins mostly. They are struggling and barely around to do the real work as they have more holidays than their US counterparts. -By replacing specialized US auditors with untrained offshore resources reliant on scripts (for every meeting), the firm is incurring significant operational risk and devaluing the integrity of the audit process. -If you say you're overwhelmed, (especially with the work that was left by others they fired, laid off, physically/mentally burnt out to the point of FMLA, or quitting) they give you a bad rating and fire you. -The culture penalizes transparency; raising concerns about unsustainable workloads is met with punitive performance ratings rather than resource support. - Management utilizes the performance review system as a retaliatory tool and "feedback" submissions as a scavenger hunt to find out who said what.

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Cons

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Pros

Hybrid schedule, supportive managers, opportunities

Cons

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