RBC reviews

Top Heavy, workload is crazy, If you're on the 5th Floor with the CEO then you are perceived as "Golden" whether you work or not. If you don't socialize you will not advance, the managers are horrible! Most are straight bullies(mostly the female managers), they care more about games and other bs more so than the work and improving their processes ( which are primitive at best), the vendors that they continue to work with don't help at all, it you're not Canadian you really don't stand a chance and the Americans have to do a song and dance & over compensate to get anywhere at this bank. The turnover here is horrendous. At least 2 people leave every other month.

There are not enough bodies to cover the workload. Employees are encouraged to raise their hand if they are falling behind, but this mainly results in micromanagement and second guessing of the employee's ability to manage time. Pay is either right at or right below industry and local standard for Raises are minimal if at all and often measure 1% or less. STI does not vary much from year to year regardless of performance. Career advancement generally meant waiting for someone to retire, although this is improving. Senior management is drawn mainly from Canada. Middle management is mostly legacy from a rural operations center that was closed when PNC bought RBC USA. These two groups form the main cliques in the company and a new employee would need to successfully navigate them to thrive. The company is making a concerted effort to remove silos and convert the culture to one that is more proactive on the client's behalf and less about passing the buck. This is causing workplace stress. Flexible work arrangements like work from home and non-standard hours are disappearing. They are still official policy but are unlikely to get manager approval.