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16 reviews
3.0
24 Aug 2023

Good to work, horrible layoff structure

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Great work/life balance Good benefit Good team leaders

Cons

Onboarding process was bad Layoff process was horrible - laid off due to business structure without notice and my whole team was gone. However HR didn't process ROE properly so I couldn't get EI for over a month. I had to ask for the same issue for over 10 emails back and forth, still same issue wasn't resolved. No detailed information how to submit the payment too so I had to call HR to find out more in detail.

1.0
18 Oct 2023

Not a good place to work

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Pros

Easy interview process and good CIBC square

Cons

Bad layoffs and bad pay and environment

4.0
8 Jan 2026

Great place to be

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Pros

Work life balance is great. Hybrid with 1 day a week or less. Job security is almost guaranteed. No mass layoffs etc.

Cons

Salary could be better matched to the rising living costs in the city.

1.0
5 Aug 2024

TOXIC TOXIC TOXIC

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Pros

A lot of great people who mean well, but overshadowed by the coercive power culture and poor leaders.

Cons

- Coercive power culture in which incompetent leaders demand that you meet unreasonable deadlines with limited resources and threaten your compensation, bonus, and benefits if you don't work overtime to deliver. - Leaders never take accountability for their own failures. An SVP in technology silently conducted a layoff (WARN wasn't reported to State of Illinois) to scapegoat individuals for Enterprise issues that originated from the department the same leader was the SVP over for the prior five years. - Zero strategy or direction from the top down. The CEO, Victor Dodig, stepped into his position in September 2014 with the stock trading at ~$45 /share. Ten years later it is trading at ~$48.50 /share, it's way past due for heads to roll! - Leaders acknowledge their is a lack of resources and encourage everyone to pull together and "figure it out", but instead the quality employees figure their way out to better jobs at better organizations. - New hires are often allowed to work fulltime remote; however, if an existing employee requests to transition from hybrid to remote due to life changes, it is an uphill battle that is NOT supported, despite peers being hired with that privilege and provided with higher pay. - HR is oblivious to their own rules and only gets involved if a VP requests their involvement. They've routinely cost employees money with their complete lack of knowledge of internal policies and legal requirements. - Every team is riddled with regulatory findings due to the aforementioned poor leadership, and everything is urgent; however, due to the lack of a comprehensive strategy, the left hand never knows what the right hand is doing and the company continues to spiral out of control and unable to sustain any further growth. - If you're a woman or a person of color, stay away because the executives are a perfect example of an old fashioned boys club.

5.0
14 Jul 2025

Great Company

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Pros

Very stable company, Good Benefits, and stock options up to $2,000 every year, Bonus and a very friendly culture.

Cons

The salary is low compared to private companies, but that's what you pay for a stable job that won't be affected by tariffs or layoffs.

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