Close Brothers Employee Reviews about "senior management"

Pros

Sweet FA! Nothing to say here. Absolutely rubbish.

Cons

Not willing to listen to suggestions Favouritism with senior management Couldn’t care less about long standing members of staff Really poor pay and no staff recognition

Pros

None whatsoever. You may try to find something to hang on to, but there is nothing positive about Close Brothers.

Cons

Top brass is s typical group of white, male, combative individuals, each building their own territory. No strategy, no alignment or communication. Just a bunch of white men challenging each other for the sake of show-off and own ego satisfaction. A state of utter confusion, misscommunication and an air of mistrust perpetually exists in all levels of the firm. Gender bias is rife and women are paid a lot less than men counterparts. A couple of women who made to the top behave just like their male colleagues. HR is particularly useless and remains blind to the cultural issues and open discrimination. HR acts like a puppy to the top brass. Senior management pays lip service to Conduct, D&I and gender bias.

Pros

Great people to work with - lovely people in the company.

Cons

Poor wages and you don't get any support form Senior management. Cannot rely on Senior management.

Pros

- A good, strong corporate history - It attracts genuinely nice, talented and very experienced people - Reasonable remuneration and benefits - Generally open plan with most people easily accessible - Drink trolley on Friday helps to unwind

Cons

- People are leaving left, right and centre. That’s not a good sign - The different lines of business don’t really communicate. All are self-interested resulting in duplication and inconsistency across the business - Incredible amount of (unwarranted) arrogance, ego and self-importance amongst some senior management, some of the worst I’ve ever seen. This leads to tendency to overcommit and under-deliver or cover up/misdirect mistakes - A lot of non-management “game players”, schmoozing and favouritism, some of it pretty blatant - Terrible processes, particularly projects. Everything is ALWAYS a rush so constant and needless levels of stress which affect the quality of what is trying to be achieved. - Worst, most disinterested HR ever. They’re not really engaged, have terrible and inconsistent processes, don’t really support you with issues and just defer problems back to management out of ease or indifference - Very cramped offices - Too many people. Too little space.

Pros

CBG has a phenomenal HISTORY of sustainable, profitable growth coupled with its HERITAGE of championing entrepreneurs and small businesses in the UK.

Cons

Growing concerns among staff of an excessive focus on quarterly results without any clear strategy or investment in the future. Clear instances of over reliance on past performance as an indicator of future success. Concern among staff that the number of recent changes/exits among senior management and business units, reflecting disagreement about the future direction of the Group, particularly as staff view many recent appointments by Risk/Credit as appointing allies, rather than talent in the industry, thus avoiding challenge on the status quo.

Pros

Good opportunities, lots of senior females, senior management are very approachable, generally the people are very pleasant. Been here nearly 3 years and still enjoy what I do

Cons

HR have some frustrating restrictions in place regarding salaries - individual business unit CEOs aren't always able to pay market rate due to HR policies. Pace of work can be slow, sometimes feels like a company full of 'B' players.