Good place to start but difficult to make a rewarding career - Anonymous employee Citi Employee Review

4.0
Jan 31, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Citigroup is good place to start and learn technologies. They give you good opportunity yo try new technologies and are open to adopting open sources

Cons

Your big challenge to build your career and move up the organization. Often you are stuck at one place and need to really pull your strings from all directions to move up

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Cons

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