High stress, poor culture, no real flexibility - Anonymous employee RBC Employee Review

Wellbeing is ignored and workloads are excessive, stress levels are high, and burnout is common. Leadership talks about support but delivers very little in practice. Return-to-office policy is a rigid 4-day mandate is being pushed with little regard for individual circumstances, team needs, or the fact that work can be done effectively from home. Flexibility is not encouraged, and employee wellbeing is an afterthought. Work-life balance is non-existent with long hours and out-of-hours demands are routine. Personal boundaries are not respected. Chaotic onboarding and broken processes with unrealistic expectations. Management culture is toxic with micromanagement, shifting priorities, unclear expectations, and goalposts constantly being moved. Instead of enabling staff, leadership increases pressure. Culture of fear and mistrust, people focus on self-preservation rather than collaboration or innovation. Lack of career transparency, progression depends more on politics than performance.