Average pay but poor culture - Senior Manager, Strategy RBC Employee Review

2.0
Mar 3, 2023
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Pros

- Pay is okay, not the best but given work life balance can't complain much - Work can be interesting if lucky enough to be on a good project, probably 50/50 in terms of good vs boring projects

Cons

- Very hierarchical team structure - Team is full of ex-consultants from BCG, Deloitte, etc. and they bring that culture with them - Opinions don't feel valued if you are below director level - Get cut out of, or am not even told about, some major meetings with stakeholders until after the meetings are done since they were "director and above" meetings. Doesn't make sense because it's a remote meeting anyway, and the time spent needing to translate what happened so I can get my work done is like playing broken telephone

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Opportunities to work on enterprise-scale systems with modern tooling and automation initiatives. Excellent collaboration between infrastructure and incident management teams; vendor coordination is efficient. Competitive compensation and benefits package, including solid health coverage and retirement matching.

Cons

Workload spikes during major incidents can challenge work-life balance, especially when on-call.

3.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Stable work life balance. The culture is really great, very easy to work with complex management and managers. Willing to help you grow and learn with clients

Cons

Not a lot of room for growth unless you come in the door with that expectation. It can be very easy to get stuck in this role as your pay slowly increases and the job title mostly stays the same. Associate promotions and raises are rarely given and take a lot of coercion to get.

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