BNP Paribas reviews

3.9

85% would recommend to a friend

(6,466 total reviews)
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Jean-Laurent Bonnafé

89% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

BNP Paribas has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 6,466 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BNP Paribas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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6K reviews
4.0
Mar 30, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are excellent, especially the 3 weeks vacation to start, plus all the bank holidays. The pay is competitive. International co-workers made it a stimulating place to work.

Cons

Advancement heavily dependent on one's immediate manager. If one's immediate manager was stalled in his career or not highly thought of, it is difficult for those under him to advance. Since it is a French company, assignments in the United States seemed to be a perk for the better French employees, or a sort of dumping ground for the less competent French employees. Understandable, since the United States is not a large market for them.

4.0
Aug 13, 2009

Good company with solid fundamentals

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Laid back work environment; Work life balance

Cons

Too many expats hold management positions; unfair advantage given to expats for Promotions

4.0
Sep 29, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

European culture, work-life balance, conservative risk management which is proving to be a great upside in this market, invests in employee development, excellent benefits package, management is generally understanding and pleasant to work for as the company culture does not embrace the cutthroat approach of firms like Bear

Cons

Overly conservative to the point of beaurocratic, primary decision-making is with the Paris headquarters, underinvestment in the US, compensation has a lot of room for improvement, compensation also varies greatly among departments which leaves many employees disgruntled, there is some face time in certain departments

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