Vantaggi
Established, stable financial company — one of the biggest and most respected in the world — with leadership that pushes to get the most out of every employee, every hour, every day and every dollar. If you are ambitious, tolerant of change and relentlessly optimistic, you’ll do well here. Leadership is not afraid of change or tackling big, important challenges. Exciting work if you’re in a visionary part of the company.
Svantaggi
Soul-crushing if you let it get to you. Burdened by layers of bureaucracy, ‘process management’ and cost cutting. Constant change — including clockwork reorgs and layoffs — leave many feeling unsettled and hopeless. Employees bear the brunt of sub-par technology, laughably low budgets and endless scrutiny that multiplies the time it takes to do anything. Very little ethnic diversity at the EVP and C-levels. Hollow talk about values and work life balance is undercut by brutal ‘steamroller’ executives who do not seem to value or consider the voice of their teams, making absurd requests that have no bearing on the realities of what’s possible. On top of that, flat salary and ‘merit-based’ compensation for years on end wears thin. Many end up ‘donating’ countess hours every year.