A Slow Decline into the Investment Banking Abyss - Investment Banking Associate Truist Employee Review

2.0
5 Apr 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The annual $25-$50K salary raises were very appreciated, keep that up. Extremely tough to get outright fired from your position (reductions in force happened infrequently, but did occur) -- this could be a con masquerading as a pro, since some of your peers probably didn't work hard enough to be given the privilege of sticking around. Pre-pandemic happy hours at Bistro Niko were fun (but then all the culture carriers left).

Cons

Culture and brand used to be strong (under the good ol' SunTrust Robinson Humphrey flag). I once thought that I'd work here for the rest of my career, but seismic changes in the bank's structure disriputed that perspective. You'll get yelled at by a director in another group for taking your first vacation day off in nine months (true story!). Managing directors will not come to you man-to-man / woman-to-woman to address an issue, but then that issue will magically appear in your end-of-year review 7-10 months later. (Rightfully, you then assume this was by design to knock you down a peg on the bonus ladder).

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

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