Investment Consultant role has a long way to go - Investment Consultant Citi Employee Review

1.0
Nov 3, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Working in an unbiased position to help clients make the best decisions about their investment accounts.

Cons

If you're working for a bank, you better believe you'll be selling checking accounts...even if your job description doesn't specifically point this out. The base salary is all you'll be collecting until many years into this program. Less than 3% of the people in this role (nation-wide) collect anything more than the base. This program is kicking it into"desperate mode" meaning they are asking their salespeople to do things that were never a part of their job description in order to salvage the program. A double whammy if you work there because you will either be doing something you don't like or the program is going to completely fail.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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