Great name, disappointing work environment - Anonymous employee Citi Employee Review

2.0
Oct 2, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Although I worked for outside of United States, many HR recruiters took a look my resume because Citigroup is a really big name. This company will open the door for the another great opportunity.

Cons

HR really doesn't have any power, so this causes unfairness between departments in the company. Now, I moved on to different industry and realized that the Citigroup culture was too aggressive.

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