So far, so good but a massive machine - Anonymous employee Citi Employee Review

3.0
Jan 28, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good global brand and nice friendly people within a global environment. Hygene factors all good as well as the atmosphere

Cons

Cog in a big, big wheel with lots of employees so very bureaucratic and can therefore be quite hard to be recognised as you are only responsible for part of the process rather than the whole thing so not always able to see outcomes

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Cons

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