Disillusioned employee Belfast office - QA Analyst CME Group Employee Review

1.0
21 Aug 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary Great benefits Bonus Holidays Central office location

Cons

Favouritism among staff, same folk getting the higher bonuses, spot awards & shares. Red tape & bureaucracy. Less and less autonomy. Micro management. Uninspiring Senior management who spout same rhetoric at every meeting no matter the project. Was a great office to work in but the culture eroded and turned toxic by the Senior Management former Citi ‘clique’. A lot of extremely good & talented staff leaving/left due to many of above reasons. Boast of the great promotion opportunities yet most people achieving higher grades or positions do so via internal job applications. This is not promotion.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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