AIG reviews

Sweatshop environment, work hours in the finance community is usually till midnight on quarter ends and 8 or 9 normally and weekend work including major holidays (so goodbye july 4th bbq). Extremely old fashion culture where usage of new technology was faced with much resistant (think printing calculator instead of MS Excel). This caused very slow production cycles and bottlenecks for everyone and those who were efficient now seemed they don't have enough work. Male dominated senior management where women managers seem to have to stay extra late and work extra hard to just get invited to the party, very unprofessional behavior can be seen coming from senior male management. Horrible review system, one is rated against others in the same pay grade but not necessary the same function. Managers who have never spoken or worked with you gets to vote if you are an above average performer, so if your manager is outspoken and willing to fight for you against other managers, you get a better rating and thus a merit award. However, will s/he willing to hurt a relationship with another manager?

Reporting to a matrix is ridiculous. No one can make a decision and when you do you are told you overstepped your boundaries, RPR process is brutal. Multi facited goals are given and you must accomplish all - HOWEVER, the ONLY goal that matters is the moving financial goal. They have you running around checking boxes when in the end, none of it matters. They know in August ( after only 2 Qs of trying to achieve your goals ) who they are ranking high or low. You are either a "chosen one" or not. If they give you a 4 you are blackballed in the company- don't expect any development even if they tell you, "you" are not a 4. 1&2s receive stay interviews & development oportunities HOWEVER, they do not have to be dynamic individuals, just those luckily enough to be handed an easy portfolio to manage. Forced rankings and now internal consulting "wow" are shutting down profit centers. The only jobs available are on the science team - all ivy league with 6 figure salaries- NO ONE in science has yet produced any ground breaking profit for the company.