managing director

banking associate

investment banking analyst

commercial real estate agent

associate director

CIBC

The only positive is the health insurance. 

They offer a hybrid work schedule. Stating that everyone is required to come into the office for a hybrid schedule. This is inaccurate, there are entire departments that work 100% remote. Even a few employees that worked 100% remote prior to the pandemic. Remote work is left to the discretion of how out of touch the management umbrella you fall under is. 

This is a high-stress position. There is a lot of pressure to complete tasks with deadlines while covering others' work. The department has been understaffed for years. 

A typical day in this role will include your duties and the duties of others. Including but not limited to process improvements, procedure maintenance, and a variety of complex account and loan system reconciliations. A lot of which are time-sensitive duties. Someone is generally out of the office every week from March through year-end. Plus coverage for people who call in sick while the team is already down 1 person. Expect to cover others regularly in addition to your own assigned work with little to no downtime. Overtime is strongly discouraged but is often required in order to manage the workload, especially at month end. 

The hardest part of this position is the lack of management. The manager is unable to support the majority of the duties on the team. There is very little direction or knowledge regarding policy & procedure. Questions often "receive I don't know, I'll have to get back to you about that." OR "Ask _____ on the team, they should know." 
A lot of times when a process improvement is suggested it receives a "no, we have to follow the procedures." Then when a favorite on the team suggests the same changes, it's implemented and applauded immediately. Everyone on the team is treated very differently in all aspects of employment on this team.

It is extremely hard to take off work in this department due to the seniority-first vacation time structure. When accounting for holidays & black-out dates, at one point there were more accumulative team vacation days than available days on the calendar. 

It was made clear that almost no one receives an "exceeds expectations" on year-end reviews. This means no matter how much work you take on, or the achievements you accomplish it will never be reflected as exceeds expectations & you will receive the standard low % pay increase at year-end. 

A typical day involved attendance at management/project team/stakeholder meetings; supervision of resources located in various countries within the Caribbean region; ongoing training/mentoring of staff; management reporting and review of strategic management information and quality assurance reviews.

The interaction with bankers and other professionals across the region provided an opportunity to enhance my skills overall in training and development of resources in relation to their respective capabilities toward the achievement of overall organizational goals and strategies.

A very well developed and globally strong management - 

For the most recent project undertaken, co-workers included a team of bankers/other professionals from 17 countries within the Caribbean region.  These individuals and other staff have all been very supportive of the 'teamwork' concept toward achievement of our goals.

I would comment that the most challenging part of the job was to ensure that all participants received and understood the same message toward achievement of the overall goals and the strategy and effort from all concerned to meet the daily output requirements to a high standard of quality.  It was also necessary to always have an alternative strategies to mitigate unforeseen/unplanned emergencies.

It was most enjoyable to work with individuals from across the Caribbean and Canada and to have been able to complete a very challenging regional task successfully.

A typical day at CIBC began at 7am each day.  I reviewed and reconciled all trade activity from the previous day which included extensive documentation according to the by laws of FINRA.  I worked as a 5th Team Member specializing in Options, Munie Bonds, Gov't Bonds, Equities, Margin, LLC's, Research on Investment Strategies for Clients and facilitating Managed Accounts for Qualified investors.  After a "Team Meeting" each morning, in which we discussed and researched Investment Strategies best suited for our Client base, we began interfacing with Clients and Traders.  The job was fast paced and required the ability to assess and re assess Client Investment Strategies according to market fluctuations.  A working knowledge of market fluctuations in relation to the Equity Market VS the Bond Market was essential.  The challenges of Market Fluctuation was both rewarding and stressful, depending on the day, and brought out the best of each team player and our area of expertise.  The most enjoyable part of the day was making money for our Clients, as per our Fiduciary Responsibilities, the guideline of both CIBC and FINRA.  The most difficult part of any day, would be large movement in either the Equity Market or the Bond Market and adjusting our trade accordingly, while answering Client concerns.

Benefits are great as far as medical, dental, bank holidays and vacation time.

No formal employee development, ongoing feedback is absent and team dynamics overall is poor

All levels of salaried employees should receive ongoing feedback and have the opportunity to work with managers on his/her own employee development. Being left in the dark until the day of receiving annual merit increases via direct deposit isn’t fair for all parties, starting with senior management on down down. When management decides he/she is leaving after working 8 hours during a paid holiday, then punish their employees for doing the same, this really sets a poor work environment. Employees should feel there’s an open door policy. When errors are discovered and brought to management’s attention, they shouldn’t be told to cover it up. Or to ignore it. Employees should also feel empowered to be able to go to senior management in situations as mentioned here without worry of being fired. Benefits are great, medical phenomenal, 401K standard but the company they use to for their investments is one of the best in the country. Work perks are great, including free onsite gym at both Chicago locations, free coffee/lattes, carbonated drinks, great employee lounge.

Working at a bank has been a valuable and structured professional experience that offers both stability and opportunities for growth. The environment is typically fast-paced yet organized, requiring strong attention to detail and a high level of responsibility when handling financial transactions and sensitive customer information. One of the most rewarding aspects of the job is building trust with clients and helping them manage their finances, whether that involves opening accounts, resolving issues, or offering guidance on financial products.

Teamwork is an essential part of the role, as employees often collaborate to meet branch goals and ensure smooth daily operations. Management usually emphasizes compliance, accuracy, and customer service, which helps maintain a professional atmosphere. However, the job can sometimes feel repetitive, especially in entry-level roles, and there may be pressure to meet sales targets or performance metrics.

Overall, working at a bank provides a solid foundation in customer service, financial literacy, and professionalism, making it a strong career starting point or long-term option for individuals interested in finance.


Started out as a great job! Plenty of incentives for working hard and providing quality service to clients used to be seen as a positive. 
Now, it's all about meeting service level targets (quantity over quality). Huge issue with clients being transferred from one department to another, without their issue being resolved. Even bigger issue with clients just being transferred incorrectly (transferring to fraud, despite the client neither having a flagged account nor calling for a fraud-related issue). Feedback is received and upper-management sends out memos of how they take our feedback seriously and the changes they will implement, but no meaningful changes are ever implemented. Business applications are so bugged and at least once a month, one or more applications are down; however,  CIBC refuses to switch vendors or get the issues resolved permanently.
I will at least say that my direct managers I have had are great, but overall this company's priorities are very odd.
Abysmally short-sighted company. A sinking ship. 

This company started out as an amazing place to work but with the cuts to staffing and the constant push for everything to be online it became a nightmare. The company will have a staff member leave and not have anyone replace them. Their expectation is for the remaining staff to pick up their work while still having to maintain their own targets. This is even if the work they have to take on is of no benefit to the employee and will only help the manager of the branch to hit their targets (while no one is in the position and only takes away from the time the staff member could be using to hit their own targets). The expectation of each staff member is increased significantly annually and the company does not take into consideration any of the additional scope of work that is outside of the employees specific “book of clients” (which is a revolving door and the employee does not have any say in who is moved on and off). Overall the company does not care about their staff no matter what you may see on their commercials or online with their charitable donations. 

Database environment was large.Our department manage more than 2000+ database servers including SYBASE, MSSQL, ORACLE, DB2. Environment was 24X7. All errors were monitored and alerted automatically. As DBA we need to check all alerts based on priority basis and all works must be documented using ticketing system. Database trouble shooting, maintenance, performance and tuning, problem resolution, script writing and execution, new query writing and modification and working in the project, prepare documentation etc were our day to day.
Financial environment is very time sensitive environment. On time quality product delivery is mandatory.
Management was the very caring and respectful to all employees with maintaining equality in all over the environment
It was very joyful environment. Everybody has good relationship in the team and other teams.

CIBC has a wonderful culture dedicated to it's clients and improving the life of it's staff. Some managers may be intimidating but at large, they have many good leaders who create positive vibes throughout the workplace.

The training and development is world class and unmatched by most other banks. They will really educate you about product knowledge in a fun and engaging way. The tools will also help you to understand what a client really needs.

If there are any concerns, it would have to be the compensation especially in terms of the income. The benefits are wonderful so it kind of balances it out but even leaders admit that the company is not big on bonuses and salary income.

proof officer , I would get the checks from the previous day, and run them through NCR machine, get the total and then send the total to the supervisor. I would sort the check in numerical order and hand them over to my co-worker for filing. If there is a difference an investigation would have to be done to make sure the customer doesn't loose and money. We usually would get check companies come in so we can review the encoding on the check to make sure the customer checks are protected. Management was hard, but after a few years we had a great working relationship. the hardest part of the job is making sure all of the thousand checks are balanced as well as all of the encoding are correct. The most enjoyable part is the race the staff  would have to see if we can beat our time. I have changed many procedures in that area

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