I was a VP and received $800 - $1000 bonus during my tenure here. Im now at a new bank and my bonuses are huge! Was $800 - $1000 the norm for bonuses?
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Former AVP in Technology in Europe (3k bonus, both years, 2/2 rate, with a salary of 120k, thanks Good I negotiated well my salary).
Now my bonus in one European Bank is 10k.
As interesting info, my former line manager (SVP) was born in the Indian subcontinent. During my tenure there he bought a Porsche Panamera. Glad to see that most of my bonus (and the one of 15 other colleagues) was spent in a nice way.
Guess why I left Citi.
The timing of this ‘bonus’ post is curious. No bank is currently going through bonus season, so are we comparing your January/February 2026 bonus at a new bank to your 2025 Citi bonus? Why post this now and not 9/10 months ago? What’s your point?
A bonus, and pay doesn’t matter if you are laid off. I am not sure why all of you are comparing salaries. You are on a layoff board. All of you will be laid off soon at Citigroup. Jane will smile and laugh at you.
I can confirm the same, all in all, total comp and ben are similar across levels with one caveat - levels at Citi are one below JPM's, e.g. VP at JP is an Associate at Citi and so on
c13
base is about 160K, 60% higher than in JPM 5 years ago for a senior AVP. Current bonus is about 5% . in absolute terms it's same as in JPM when I was getting it. for the last two years of my tenure there I didn't get any bonus even though my performance was M (same as 3 here) , and neither did many of my colleagues.
pay increases are about the same.
so, I can't complain. I always prefer solid base than ephemeral bonus.
@a8 I was just a Director at Citi. I had a different perspective than you. I felt they paid salaries well for my VPs and SVPs. I would say their bonuses a benefits fell short but my people were all paid way better than the industry in salary.
I feel Citi did paid well on salary but definitely fell short on bonus and benefits compared to many other financial institutions.
I’m guessing location matters. What country are you in OP? In the US avg bonus for VP level is approx 10%. Managers have discretion to take from 1 to give to another.
C13 bonuses $5k, $11k, 8k, $6k, $6k
New vp bonus - another bank - $40K
Citi doesnot pay decent bonuses until you are a C14
Several C14s have shared bonuses of $24-30-40-45K … all functions not even lob
I’m a VP at Citi in nyc, marketing, my bonuses have been around 10k (one year 15k), lowest maybe 8-9 k
OP here. I was in tech at Citi. Salary was $105K. At my new place salary went up $10K but bonus is now atleast $15K a year. It was a nice bump.
It’s too bad to work under an H1B manager, he always feels insecure and claims everyone’s hard work.
H1B managers support other H1B managers to make sure they survive.
I am not American, but this is a fact.
🤣 Your manager was a greedy fellow! No wonder, that's why he's a manager at Citi. The whole company is run by a bunch of racist, caste based tribes. There is too much corruption in hiring, year end bonuses, and even during the firing process. It's corrupt at all levels. I hope someone will report these immoral and unethical practices to government authorities.
Yours was the standard. SVP is a 10x multiplier.
I too am a VP @ Citi. Over the past 20 years my bonus has NEVER been more than $3000.
@a1 Citi doesn’t have high base salaries in general especially below director
No, your bonuses were low. Was your salary over 100K and what was your role? Bonuses vary broadly within the same job grade.
How huge? Percentage of base and total comp is what matters. Citi has high base salaries in general. Plus, bonuses are down significantly in the past years across the board at Citi...