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We were building a new retail bank and we were sourcing and hiring new talents to fill the vacancies.
Extreme pressure
service level agreement deadlines
good team work and fun work culture
overall great experience
Enough said. If you have a choice stay away from GIB. Highly political. Groups by nationality create a toxic environment. The number of staff leaving is very high. The top management is very incompetent but thinks they are geniuses. Misplaced egos. Worst place to work for.
Career advancement based on employee-manager relationship.
High job security.
Different career options / flexibility in changing departments
Younger / new blood
Long working hours including weekends without overtime paid. No job security as all are hired as consultants instead of permanent staff. Huge discrepancy in pay between two employees with the same job title and within same department based on nepotism. No career advancement opportunities.
Pros
Good working culture and camaraderie between employees
Cons
Nepotism, high rate of staff turnover and no career advancement programs
GIB is a nice place to work but there are many processes which creates hurdles and slows down the rate of work and make too much interdependent on different teams.
I was working at network department as a network support officer, l work on solar wind website, also working on clear swift for email monitoring and I was doing telephone configuration. Sending emails to network maintenance...
Productive and fun workplace with a great planning. Great manager and a friend. I was lucky that I was part of a great team that made the project vision become true. the team were perfect proficiently.
The best working place to learn and develop a better/professional career life. they create a leaders for the future. The banking industry is dynamic and competitive.
Productive work space. Challenging assignments.
Very good place for candidates to build their overall knowledge of emerging technologies.
Good team work
A lovely place to have been with. Carries a professional standard and welcomes new staff. An ambitious journey of expanding into Retail Banking in Saudi Arabia. Wishing them the very best.
Pros
Friendly atmosphere
Cons
Lonely at times
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Gulf International Bank is the top Bank in Bahrain. It is a very good organisation and maintained a very high ranking in all aspects. Employer employee relationship is non questionable. Each unit is working in good spirits to obtain the goal. Organise cultural and social activities including family members and it is always a fun. Proud to be a member of Gulf International Bank.
I have been working with GIB for more than 12 years. I have learnt a lot and got experience with all aspects of business.
GIB been a such productive and perceptive entity which I recommend it for others to join in which they get the proper experience and development they need.
Pros
social events
Cons
medical insurance
After cutcost plan, shiaa is controlling whom to keep and whom to fire, work has no vision , bank is struggling.
Stupid IT managers are keeping outsource who are bluffing them and firing insource instead, playing dirty plan to support thier goals only and use cutcost plan as cover.
Pros
Nothing
Cons
Cheap low class health insurance, old blood HR people
- Check all the trouble tickets raised by the bank's staff and customers.
- Review the systems checklist and devices.
- I have learned a lot specially in Banking environment.
The work culture in GIB is moderate and it is just like any other place. The management is not stable and always changing. This creates a disturbance in the work flow and decisions are random and sometimes harmful. However, the people are very nice and the company always tries to promote family life style.
Pros
nice culture
Cons
poor management
At GIB, they gave appropriate opportunity to all hard working people with clear attitude. I have learned more devices testing while working with them.
I liked the way they treated employees. Transparency is something you can notice there. Collaborative work is encouraged. It's easy to communicate with any department's head since they have open offices for all employees.
Dedicated team
Very helpful in learning new things
Everyday was enjoyable
learnt new HR policies and practices
Assisted in various projects and presentations
The bank has a gr8 vision to launch the first online bank in the Middle East but does not have the right management who would understand the work involved.
a true whole sale investment bank with deep pockets to invest
Pros
Government institution
Cons
laid back attitude
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