Stay Away!!!!

Citibank is the worst company you can work in; they are always hiring, and there are always lay-offs. Stay away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - unless you want to look for a new job every two years.

Anonymous said: Citibank is the worst company you can work in; they are always hiring, and there are always lay-offs. Stay away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - unless you want to look for a new job every two years.

This is no LIE

Anonymous in Forest Hills, New York said: Citibank is the worst company you can work in; they are always hiring, and there are always lay-offs. Stay away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - unless you want to look for a new job every two years.

Fifth Third Bank is just as bad. A truly horrible place to work

anonymous in Dallas, Texas said: This is no LIE

you are so right

Unknown in Dallas, Texas said: What location do you work for? Citi is a hard company to work for. They overload employees with a large amount of work and make it hard to change departments. Is there any goof departments to go to in Citi that are not based on sales?

Oll of the departments have goofs, so your question is moot.

Citi is a great company to work for as long as you are someone who wants to work. Its not a place that takes crap from people who want to do little and get paid lots. I have been there 5 years and not one complaint from myself. The mangers work hard to help others move up if they want to and honestly I doubt you find an easier job making money like you do at citi

So you're in the good ol' boy network? There's a lot of who you know and not what you know. Of course this is most of corp america.

anonymous in Florence, Kentucky said: Citi is a great company to work for as long as you are someone who wants to work. Its not a place that takes crap from people who want to do little and get paid lots. I have been there 5 years and not one complaint from myself. The mangers work hard to help others move up if they want to and honestly I doubt you find an easier job making money like you do at citi

Good ol' days. They are not what you've posted anymore.

I just started working at Citi Group in Florence Kentucky. I am real happy with everything I've heard about the company so far, and the way they treat us. I was glad to see that the only good comment I saw was from somebody at Florence. Thanks for the encouragement.

Citigroup is a great company to work for! I've been with them for 15 years, have gone through two branch closings and many changes. They took care of me the entire time, transferring me to branches where I was happier AND made more money. If Citi is sinking, I'll stick around to the very end and be the one playing the violin!!

Ginger, Gland that you feel that way.
Things are a little bit different in S.C. due to the EXSELL program. There was such a hype on this program, but we were never told that if we did not meet our goal, we would be placed on a PIP program. We have several long term employees that have been with the company over 13 yrs that have been placed on a PIP. One of our DMs have 20 out of his 27 employees on a PIP. How many Saturdays have you worked being comp out during the week due to them not wanting to pay overtime, how many late nights have you worked toward the end of the month, how many family functions have you missed due to having to work and not being able to get off, how many holidays have you missed with your family due to the fact that you had to work and they were off. I guess different states have different working conditions or maybe it depends on the office size. Hang in there!!

Ginger, Glad that you feel that way.
Things are a little bit different in S.C. due to the EXSELL program. There was such a hype on this program, but we were never told that if we did not meet our goal, we would be placed on a PIP program. We have several long term employees that have been with the company over 13 yrs that have been placed on a PIP. One of our DMs have 20 out of his 27 employees on a PIP. How many Saturdays have you worked being comp out during the week due to them not wanting to pay overtime, how many late nights have you worked toward the end of the month, how many family functions have you missed due to having to work and not being able to get off, how many holidays have you missed with your family due to the fact that you had to work and they were off. I guess different states have different working conditions or maybe it depends on the office size. Hang in there!!

anonymous in Florence, Kentucky said: Citi is a great company to work for as long as you are someone who wants to work. Its not a place that takes crap from people who want to do little and get paid lots. I have been there 5 years and not one complaint from myself. The mangers work hard to help others move up if they want to and honestly I doubt you find an easier job making money like you do at citi

Glad to see someone actually support CITI; there is so much bashing. You made an excellent point that it's a great place for those that want to WORK.
I am considering working for CITI in Jacksonville, FL. What are the typical salaries for the different positions at CITI? What do you LOVE about working there? What do you HATE? Any DETAILED info you can offer would be great!

I have never worked at such a horrible place. I was one of the top 5 collectors out of about 500 on our floor. the management never told me the truth when I asked them questions about my performance. They told me I was doing fine, then one day boom out of nowhere, no customer complaints, I was fired. In the beginning they told me I had to work in collections for 6 months to get transfered to Smith Barney. At six months I asked for a transfer and they fired me.

They will never get a good recommendation from me. I canceled 2 credit cards I had with them. Now I have careds with Bank of America and Chase. And I am in the process of passing the CPA exam.

This put the only black mark on my employment record.

I was changed 4 times when I worked there. for three different divisions and 3 different time slot changes, but no Smith/Barney.

Trudy Tucker in Jacksonville, Florida said: What I love about working there...a steady paycheck and decent benefits. What I hate...you have the constant fear of Citi laying you off or closing your site, because they can pay an Indian 50 cents to do your job. How hard you work has no bearing on this whatsoever. Also, they have numerous people managers that have no clue how to manage people.

This is absolutely true about them shipping jobs to India and they do it with almost no forewarning. My department just found out the other day that our functions are being shipped to India. We are getting new functions from a group in another location but those people will either be laid off or re-assigned.

I wouldn't say Citi is a bad company because every group is different and every division has its own culture. I do like the group I work with and I've had worse jobs but BEWARE, now is not the best time to come to Citi.

I'm in the Nevada lockbox Poetic, do you know whose functions you are getting? I know some of the Baltimore groups and their jobs got transferred to Fort Mill. I hear we may be getting the axe in January due to Image Cash Letter returns. (No more check copies from the FED)

I like the department I work in, but waiting for the layoffs is a bit stressful. They let our mortgage team go a couple of months ago.

NCnative in Las Vegas, Nevada said: I'm in the Nevada lockbox Poetic, do you know whose functions you are getting? I know some of the Baltimore groups and their jobs got transferred to Fort Mill. I hear we may be getting the axe in January due to Image Cash Letter returns. (No more check copies from the FED)

I like the department I work in, but waiting for the layoffs is a bit stressful. They let our mortgage team go a couple of months ago.

We are getting functions from our partners up in NY. I know some of the CitiFinancial stuff got moved from the downtown Baltimore location, I'm not in the CitiFinancial division though. I work in Global Wealth Management.

It's just real crazy right now and the bad thing about it is, they're rushing the transfer of functions so much that training and organization is very haphazard. Nothing has been done in an orderly fashion or in a way that efficiently streamlines training and transition for us and the Indian employees.

I've been working at Citi for the past 3 years. When I first started, it was a decent job. Ever since we got that new CEO from India, things have progressively gotten worse. Citi's motto use to be that you had a responsibility to the franchise, the clients, and the employees. Its new motto is clients first. Well the responsibility to the employees went out the window. We work so hard, but are treated like we could be out the door any day. Its such a stressful work environment. Now, the all of the managers meet twice weekly to monitor calls in a meeting room. You never know the results from your call, but your manager treats you badly if one of your calls was listened to. They all sit in there and say negative comments about the employee whose call they are listening to. Its not a good environment. It doesn't promote moral. Employees are unhappy and under paid. Citi only gives you a pay raise once a year, and its usually 2%-6%. You don't even qualify for a raise if you manager failed you 4 months out of the year. I overheard my manager speaking with another manager that some of our work is going to be outsourced to India in the next few months. :-/

Trudy Tucker in Jacksonville, Florida said: What I love about working there...a steady paycheck and decent benefits. What I hate...you have the constant fear of Citi laying you off or closing your site, because they can pay an Indian 50 cents to do your job. How hard you work has no bearing on this whatsoever. Also, they have numerous people managers that have no clue how to manage people.

You are correct about the managers. The managers lack people skills. They don't motivate employees. They make them feel like they can't do anything right. Its very negative and stressful.

I just read that Citi signed a 9 and a half year contract to outsource to India.

Anonymous in Forest Hills, New York said: Citibank is the worst company you can work in; they are always hiring, and there are always lay-offs. Stay away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - unless you want to look for a new job every two years.

Agree with you 100% Anonymous. I work for the company in your area. I did not enjoy working at that location and I did not like the staff. They do not value their employees. During the many years I worked there they changed employees very often. I did however enjoy servicing the clients of the bank. It's the only thing I miss.

O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street,
Oh please let it be for me!
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street,
I wish, I wish I knew what it could be!

Break Up All These Banks Now

That was cute!!!! Because of financial situation I had to file for bankruptcy. It is unlikely I will ever have another credit card. But then again, that's a good way to deal with companies sending jobs to India. Let's put them out of business.

i work citi as system analyst /support specialist for past 2 years as contractor in Florida. they call it professional work day (10 hrs) and forced to be in office from 9 am- 7 pm, however the pay is only for 8 hrs. have any one heard of this ? is its applicable in certain cases if its only your managers will ?