Pros
Pico has expanded and performed well the past few years. The Corvil acquisition goes well with its business model, and will surely carry it well into the future. US team has done well, and if given the chance, it’s best to join the US teams
Kontras
Politics, especially in EMEA and APAC. APAC hr concerned only with cost savings, and is not even aware of current salary rates in the market. Likely due to limited exposure to investment banking. EMEA managers, mostly concerned about building their own team, never mind the impact to hiring in other regions. Engineers are leaving due to EMEA managers holding too much power. C level execs are sales focused, which is fine, but nobody is pushing back from the tech and resource(hr) side of things. Most if not all managers are yes people without concern for the engineers. No work life balance. Medical insurance is crap, HR obviously trying to be cheap to please execs. No proper child care, paternity, leaves. Only follows minimum mandated by government which is ZERO for most. 3 month notice when HR is actively trying to bring down compensation for employees, maybe the reason for the promotion. Bad clients - old investment banks with shrinking margins. Money is with the hedge funds now, Investment banks still fighting for relevance by becoming brokers, but strict regulation has impacted them negatively. Almost non existent bonuses. You hear a lot of comments from senior managers saying they can hire other people to do your job, but then they don’t hire anyone. High standards but no one in their right mind would take on the role/s. Extremely deflating after giving up your weekends and nights for the job.