Much potential, occasionally flawed - Vice President Deutsche Bank Employee Review

4.0
1 July 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Deutsche Bank is a truly global player, with a hugely diverse workfoce, financial products and opportunities. Exposure to numerous cultures, backgrounds and working methodologies means that any time here can contribute greatly to personal growth, your CV/Resume and career path. The working conditions are generally good, most people work reasonable hours and work/life balance is taken seriously by most managers. I think the benefits are competetive, internal training and learning is abundant and encouraged, and support for external education is good, as long as it is seen to benefit your current role. There is a process for internal movement, which works fairly well, especially when the market conditions are favourable. Many of the more senior managers within the organisation are very talented and decisive. Once an initiative is kicked off, it's rarely done half heartedly. Strategic vision is well communicated and often executed regardless of resistance or pain.

Cons

Such a huge organisation is often riddled with confusing and sometimes unecessary beaurocracy - it's a truly 'German' bank in that sense. A one size fits all approach to process and strategy is sometimes unhelpful when trying to push through critical changes rapidly. There are also still too many middle-aged, unskilled employees, particularly in the US and Continental Europe (this is not the case in London or Asia-Pacific) who tend to be obstructive and miserable. Many of these have been pushed out via outsourcing, but too many remain in lower/middle management roles. Compensation can range from being market-leading to insulting. If you stay much beyond 5 years, you're likely to fall very far behind the market and although this is probably true of many companies, at DB there is an almost complacent attitude towards this issue. It results in a brain-drain amongst the most dynamic middle-managers (VP/Director) especially if they have come up from Associate or AVP level at the bank. It also means the dead-wood I mentioned earlier are even less likely to be pushed out. Finally the outsourcing of many roles lead to a collapse of moral in many parts of operations, especially in NY and London. Although much of the basic work is done outside of the high-cost locations, such as Bangalor and Mumbai in India, Birmingham in the UK and soon Jacksonville, FL, the real glue behind the work remains in the hands of a few over-worked and under-valued people who have stayed behind to pick up the peices.

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Pros

Annual raises and variable bonuses, Hybrid schedule, kind people, lots of events for making connections

Cons

Difficult to get an interview unless you have a referral. Otherwise not really any cons, I’ve only been here for a year so can’t really speak yet to any hindrances that might come when trying to get promoted, etc.

1.0
31 May 2026
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Pros

Location in NYC Class A building

Cons

Incompetent Senior Management in Investment Banking Untrustworthy, lack of purpose Dedication to DB does NOTHING For you They are discriminatory towards anyone over 55 +

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