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    Updated 17 Jul 2019

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    3.4
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    65%
    Recommend to a Friend
    71%
    Approve of CEO
    Société Générale CEO Frédéric Oudéa
    Frédéric Oudéa
    856 Ratings
    Pros

    • "Good work life balance for Female candidates" (in 476 reviews)

    • "travail possible, poste de travail mac, indep passant en direct" (in 136 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Les longues heures de travail et la pression" (in 74 reviews)

    • "" (in 69 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Software Engineer"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Société Générale full-time

      Pros

      Good work-life balance and environment

      Cons

      Career growth and progression not considered

      Société Générale2018-03-26

    2. "SGCIB"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I worked at Société Générale full-time

      Pros

      French environment and nice culture

      Cons

      Salary is not the best you can find on the market

      Société Générale2017-11-22
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    3. "Great place to work"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Operations Specialist in Sydney
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at Société Générale full-time for more than 8 years

      Pros

      Great culture, great people, lots of fun time but worked hard

      Cons

      None really other than general big organisation issues

      Société Générale2014-08-16

    4. "good for french speakers only"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Developer 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Société Générale full-time

      Pros

      I worked in the dealing room. People are straight and direct, efficient and fast paced. You would like it if you do not have much ego.

      Cons

      Promotion usually goes to French speaker. People tend to be Maths geeks, actually the company do not need so many mathematicians. People lack soft skills.

      Société Générale2013-05-16

    5. "Great Place To Work"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Assistant Vice President in Bangalore
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Société Générale full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Facility, Opportunity to Learn, Travel opportunities, Counterparts

      Cons

      Social Media Gimmicks, Unnecessary Spends, Lack of respect to Whistle blowers,

      Advice to Management

      Please have more youths (at least less than 40 years) in your leadership team & please be open to take criticism

      Société Générale2019-07-18

    6. "Trader"

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      Former Employee - Trader in Paris
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Société Générale full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Good in quant Equities trading

      Cons

      Large influence of french culture

      Société Générale2019-07-17

    7. "Good company"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Technical Lead in Bangalore
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Société Générale full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      work life balance is good. freedom of taking decisions is there.

      Cons

      compensation is below par market.

      Advice to Management

      Rather than paying well to the new comer from other company, pay well to the people who put their time and hard work in the organisation for years.

      Société Générale2019-07-17

    8. "Support Engineer"

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      Current Employee - Support Engineer in Bangalore
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Société Générale full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Good and perfect work life balance

      Cons

      I feel everything is good in this company. Nothing to complain.

      Advice to Management

      Everything is at its best..Maintain the same

      Société Générale2019-07-16

    9. "Csr"

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      Current Employee - Accounting Assistant in Luxembourg
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Société Générale full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      CSR values, little structure, team atmosphere, transport, interesting projects

      Cons

      Little structure with international projects

      Advice to Management

      Continue to get fun

      Société Générale2019-07-15

    10. "M&A Healthcare Analyst VIE"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - M&A Analyst 
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Société Générale full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Steep learning curve Good career opportunities

      Cons

      Not so strong globally Lean deal flow

      Société Générale2019-07-13
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