Toxic culture, bait-and-switch - Senior Vice President Citi Employee Review

1.0
5 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Competitive pay, great colleagues, global

Cons

Abusive management, long hours. The management made poor decisions for the business and hired new people to clean up the mess and deflect blame. What they tell you in your interview about your potential job is likely wont be true. Your job description will change. The bank tries to cut costs so will give you double the workload of the job you applied to. The bank has laid off and lost so many people, so they just need bodies to do whatever they need you to do. This happens all over the bank, from retail to credit cards to marketing. Be warned.

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5.0
19 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits, nice campus, on-site cafeteria with many options, on-site gym (fee is approx $15/mo). Nice/newly renovated buildings, with nice amenitites (break room, jump in/out offices for privacy). In general, work-life balance was good, especially being able to work remotely (additionally) as needed.

Cons

They tend to do re-orgs fairly often (every 1.5 years or so), so it can be hard to get promoted within your current role, you should plan on applying for other roles within the firm, at the level you are looking to be promoted to. Must work in office at least 3 days/week starting in 2026, used to be 2 days a week from 2021-2025. Which means parking will be crowded if you don't get there by 9am. Work stations are not reserved, so if you don't get there early enough and if you don't have a co-worker saving you a spot, you might not find a seat in your work area very easily.

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3.0
29 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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