EBRD Reviews

Current Employee – been working at EBRD full-time for more than a year

Pros – Benefits, knowledge and expertise of colleagues, international

Cons – Slightly bureaucratic (not quite like public sector)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at EBRD

Pros – Good salary, subsidised lunch, good company in the moral sense, good life/work balance, subsidised gym membership, patient senior management, good atmosphere

Cons – Very difficult to progress in the career sense, especially very difficult to move up from the back office roll to a middle or front office role

Advice to Senior Management – Carry on in the same vein but pay more attention to the employees' performance, pay more attention to the course/university which the graduate applicants completed

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at EBRD

Pros – mission of the organization, culture, benefits

Cons – too political, top management appointed by political reasons not by merit

Advice to Senior Management – get qualified, younger people and woman too, not only late 50"s men

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at EBRD

Pros – London location. Business class travel. HQ meetings which keep you from field work. Non-demanding, derivative nature of the work. Pompous policy and self congratulatory pr efforts.

Cons – The ultimate bureaucracy, that always misses the boat in supplying needed investment products. A London-based, self-satisfied, ivory (tavertine marble) multi=lateral financial institution. The IFC runs circles around EBRD.

Advice to Senior Management – Declare victory, close up shop, return initial capital to shareholder nations, and let employees join the private sector before their skills further atrophy.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at EBRD

Pros – High grade banking, exposure to international markets (CEE, Asia), work-life balance that actually works, solid transition agenda (every project has to foster transition to open market economy), non-cyclical.

Cons – Not too may young professionals, so probably not the best place to start a career. Salary packages are not competitive. Top down budgeting/planning.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at EBRD part-time for more than a year

Pros – Big company, opportunity to learn and build up capacities, networking, access to up-to-date analyses

Cons – Bureaucratic, bad work/life balance, a loads of work which is most of the time over-planned, no clear guidelines for each activity

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at EBRD

Pros – Employee benefits, working hours, job security.

Cons – Cronyism; decisions made for political reasons, not based on merit; obvious when staff hired with no relevant prior work experience. Senior management is top heavy and support staff/ support teams are overstaffed with no discernible output. Many old timers who have not developed any new job skills in about 20 years.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire people based on qualifications. Organisation needs more transparency. Sack HR and staff with real HR professionals. Look closely at ever-expanding senior management and overstaffed support teams. Technology and facilities are outdated.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at EBRD

Pros – EBRD provides good benefits, competitive salaries, a good employee cantine, reasonable work life balance if you're used to working at a bank, no taxes

Cons – Technology is 10 years outdated, Private sector salaries are outgrowing those at the EBRD despite not having to pay taxes

Advice to Senior Management – Current upper management seems to be selected arbitrarily and without prior knowledge of the field they're managing. Smartest people at the company are at the analyst associate level.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend