2.0
7 Jul 2010
Current employee
London, England
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Latitude from senior management to do what you want to do (at Director level), reasonable access to companies via huge loan book, work-life balance probably better than other places, some good people (mainly ex Dresdner) still around, reasonable debt platform
Cons
Lack of (investment banking) brand and culture, very German focused at senior levels generally (there are exceptions of course) which is frustrating, lack of broad ECM, research etc. platform outside Germany, quality of juniors generally poor to average, remuneration well below average (no "bonus culture"), very strict expenses policy (nothing wrong with being stringent but they really do err on the side of ridiculously tight)