Stressful yet simultaneously boring - SVP-Technology Citi Employee Review

2.0
Oct 15, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Mostly great people, nice to work with professionals

Cons

There is just way to much work. The work is constrained by so many processes there’s no room to use any outside experience or talent to get things done. So somehow it’s stressful because of the volume of work and governance yet boring because it’s just delivery without creativity.

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Pros

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Cons

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