Citi Review - Vice President - Technology Citi Employee Review

4.0
20 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Full-time Work from Home. - Boss who means it when he says "I don't care where you work from as long as you get the job done." - Company 401k match is dollar for dollar up to 6% of your salary.

Cons

- 50% of employees have been here less than 5 years. - After promotion to VP 10 years ago, no rasies come with "lateral" moves at VP level. The only way to get more money is to get promoted to SVP or leave and come back. Mgmt has no qualms about bringing in people with less experience and paying them significanly more than people already doing that role. - Pension plan was dropped in 2009. Former colleague stated that "One year at Prudential and my pension was more than 10 years at Citi." - No matter what you do your raise and bonus are tied to the old collegial review. No matter what you've done if someone else does a better job of presenting his / her employees cases, then you lose. It's one of those places where if they don't like you and you mange to walk on water the response will be "Yea, but you can't swim!" - Stuck at bottom of VP scale, only stair-step raises, even after receiving exceptional ratings.

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5.0
20 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Strong name recogition. Global footprint

Cons

Outdated trading systems, hyper competitive equities department due to relatively lower street ranking

3.0
3 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hybrid schedule, supportive managers, opportunities

Cons

Once you’re in, comp basically plateaus. Layoffs are happening across the board, which tends to be the full-time culture of citi. The vibe is very much “run lean” until something actually breaks, and only then consider adding headcount. You have to be intentional about protecting your work-life balance, because the implicit expectation is that you’re always on—24/7, 365—without the support of a properly staffed team.

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