Pros
- Good benefits and insurance - French company so never fires people
Cons
- Toxic management: How BNP works is that HR/the company gave a lot of autonomy to each department. They can run the department in whatever way they like as long as they comply the rules. This explains why many managers or department head like to abuse their power and even if you escalate to skip managers for issues, it is going to go nowhere. Because they can always play with the law and coordinate with each other, At the end, they make it looks like it is your problem. So if you got great managers, happy for you. If no, prepare for your exit. - Corrupted HR and managers: HR has no boundaries with managers. Your managers can walk to HR and asked them any private salary info in your previous company and HR will spill everything managers asked them. Some managers know they have been in the company long enough, they can do whatever they like to you such as ignoring your escalations/teaming up with lateral managers or their boss because from the structure of BNP is how you move up is by being the favourite, competencies come second. - Promotion is slow/hugely relies on favouritism: You can perform very well, did everything right. But in BNP promotion hugely depends on if your manager likes you. Person A can perform better than Person B, but still if manager likes Person B more he can always find things to justify. Your hard work will get overlooked. - Recruitment is a joke: Once you join, you will see some people's quality is like a joke. If you are applying to BNP and is competent and wonders why you never get selected, not because you aren't good enough. It is because hiring managers here prefer hiring people of their same race or culture. You will see a team full of hispanics, a team full of arabs. They will also speak in their own languages in the team which you will feel sidelined if you happen to join a team like that. - No pay raise: Including myself, I have friends who worked here for 3+ years and no annual pay raise. - Internal mobility: Your manager can walk to HR or the hiring managers you are applying to stop you from changing roles. - Nepotism or prefer francophones: Applies to recruitment, promotion, daily interactions, activities