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      BNP Paribas

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      BNP Paribas reviews

      3.8

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (9,097 total reviews)
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      Jean-Laurent Bonnafé

      83% approve of CEO

      61% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Senior management

      BNP Paribas has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 9,097 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BNP Paribas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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      9K reviews
      1.0
      May 26, 2018

      One of the worst places to work in

      Trading floor support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are no pros, just do not go there. If you go, make sure you leave after a year as you’d not get any promotion anyways

      Cons

      *Completely worn out facilities (10 Harewood avenue, London) to the extent when there is a strong stain in the bathrooms all the time and mice running around the trading floors. *Dirty carpets and outdated IT equipment *No way to progress unless you’re French or worked in the same position for five years min *Company does not care about employees health. To get a standing desk, you need to get an injury first. Only then you’d be able to apply for a desk and the odds are low to get one *Management generally do not care about employee perspectives. No investments in people. *Very bureaucratic *BNP Paribas tries to show itself as an advanced company in technologies but nothing is working, IT systems are sluggish and outdated *Remuneration and wage are among the lowest ones, no pay rises, no bonuses regardless of loyalty and quality of the job done

      1.0
      Jul 4, 2017

      Worst paying bank, do NOT work here

      Director trading
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You will never be fired if you are French

      Cons

      Pay is LOWEST on the street. Market is saturated with BNP resumes since everyone half decent wants to leave. If you want a promotion or raise you need to suck up to your French bosses.

      1.0
      Nov 15, 2016

      Learn 'how not to do things'

      Operations
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Prime location, FCA regulated environment, future acquisition prospects, 1 fruit basket/ month for a whole floor, water coolers, industrial microwaves, expensive vending machines. BNP Paribas take-over which means streamlined budgets, no pay increase, no bonuses. The vision and values looks great on all the walls but no one knows what they stand for or cares for them unless their boss says they have to do it.

      Cons

      Operational management has no clue of FCA regulation. Anything negative that needs done their answer is to blame the FCA. Non-existent leadership skills. Prime example of why the financial crisis started. All 'yes-men' with no accountability. No risk-awareness culture. Bureaucratic environment. Continuous failure in processes which directly impact customers' finances and how much they are charged. Only drive for many individuals there is to get paid, have tea in the day-time and get drunk in Walkabout. Perks: stock you can't purchase, benefits only allowed to certain individuals. Strong separation between the fat cat directors on floors 5 and 6 and the rest of the plebs on floor 1 and 2. ZERO work life balance if you work in operations and are customer facing. Excellent candidate: anyone unsecure enough and able to accept to say yes to anything, keep their mouth shut when humiliated and bullied (although they call it banter and jokes) and accept minimum pay. In operations booking holidays is prohibited. No career progression for the educated, zero feedback on applications plenty of side-ways progression (cheap pay cheap results) for the un-educated yes-men, hence why CREATION products and services are anything less than competitive.

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