fast paced environment with very very tight deadlines
high expectations like unrealistic sales targets or unrealistic expectations on employees that cause firm inner instability which ends in regular mass exodus. investment advice quality degrades over time that is not noticeable to clients who are blinded by slick presentation and smooth talking of consultants. (consultants prefer to give good advice but they do not have time to give good advice if they are forced to meet on sales targets)
high quality products sometimes wasted time and energy on details that don't add value
large global team doing various things sometimes hard to coordinate due to over specialization
mostly nice colleagues and management that try to do the right thing within their powers to do so. but corporate pressure makes one feels powerless even at an executive level aka "golden handcuff"