After all Citi name will have big impact on your resume, it still worth it. - Network Engineer Citi Employee Review

3.0
May 12, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great environment for repetitive activities. Once you learn the company policies and the system you will be good. There are quick reference guides for most of things they cover around 95 % of the daily tasks. Good environment for team efforts. Team leads and most of assistants of Vice President are helpful and nice. Good environment for learning. Senior vice presidents and managing directors are mostly good and nice. While working there you will know great career leaders that will help you not only with the work but with your entire career.

Cons

Talents: Talented or untalented do the job and go home, the assistants Vice President will recognize talents but higher ranks most of the time don’t care much. Micromanagement: Some Vice Presidents will dictate their opinions and their ideas, and they interfere 80% of the delay task’s management with micromanagement. Senior Vice Presidents and higher ranks know that there a lot of Vice President dictate and micromanage engineers but they turn the other way. Some months were like nightmares to engineers because of micromanaging and we forgot freedom for some time. A lot of work, less recognized

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5.0
Jan 19, 2026
Recommend
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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
Jun 29, 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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