Challenging experience but of a bad kind - Analyst Programmer Citi Employee Review

2.0
12 Mar 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Some great people A lot of exposure, get to experience things out of my comfort zone Allocations of Increments, promotions and bonuses within the department are fair (although the pool from which they are allocated is rather meager)

Cons

Extremely process and paperwork intensive A lot of unnecessary pains and waste of time due to insufficient underlying tools or poorly trained support personnel decade old technologies Not a conducive environment to cultivate software engineering talent Constant fire-fighting and support duties which distract me away from working on permanent/long-term solutions

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5.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- great benefits - kind, thoughtful people - good company culture - good work life balance

Cons

- everyone seems to lack motivation - work life balance is great because no one does much work

3.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great collaboration between work groups. There used to be room for advancement and diversity in the workplace.

Cons

Lack of job security for several years culminating in a layoff after nearly 3 decades with the firm. Like many places, benefits, raises, and advancement opportunities diminished over time as the firm decided to offshore roles.

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