Extremely Toxic and Micromanaged work culture - Senior Vice President Citi Employee Review

1.0
Dec 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Has a Brand name in the market as one of the top banks

Cons

- Extremely micromanagement managers. - Extra long work ours. - Belitting employees for minutest of things - Incompetent managers, over promising & pushing directs constantly to work late evenings/night times to the extent of burnouts. - No respect for team members work-life balance. - Managers disrespecting directs/team members and using bad tone towards employees on the team is very common. - No flexibility to take PTO's or taking time off for urgent personal commitments.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

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