Deadening corporate culture of the most depressing kind - Senior Software Developer Citi Employee Review

2.0
31 Aug 2009
Recommend
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Pros

It's not a sweatshop. Reasonably accomodating to working from home. Little sense of job paranoia given the financial crisis. Some very capable, intelligent and friendly people.

Cons

Restrictive network policies - IE 6.0 only 'legal' browser, many restricted sites, 'no downloading' policy, all 3rd party software subject to IT dept 'wrapping'. Intra-company communications stuffed with corporate blather. Very little communication/co-operation/sharing between businesses. Employee productivity takes second place to data entitlement restrictions in software development environment.

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5.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pretty decent benefits , but your exp is based on your team, and the lunch is pretty good

Cons

workload is pretty intense and with ai expect development to be rapid.

3.0
29 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and work/life balance if you're on the right team.

Cons

Having a bad manager dictates everything about your job. You will see no upward mobility or compensation improvement if you are under a poor manager.

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