HR in RBS organized something called Discover RBS series, in which heads of different units used to talk us about their career experience and guide us. I tried to make a point to interact with each one of them and clarify any doubts I had. When I asked one of them about my difficulty in networking with people, he asked me to take this as an opportunity and connect with people even outside Gurgaon Office. I took that as a point and connected with many seniors at different positions, seniors from my college, other IIMs, and learned about the work they were doing, opportunities in RBS, and its culture. I made it a point to have my camera on every time I interact with people as I felt that I could connect well with people via doing so. But there were still some lacunas where I could not do good. Informal chats, random political talks were always challenging to do.
Finally, coming to culture in RBS, I found many people working for a long time and enhancing in career, which to me, shows a supportive culture. Work-Life Balance is excellent here. Once I mention to HR, that one good thing with WFH is that I could work in odd hours too, and she suggested me not to spoil my work-life balance. After interaction with seniors in RBS-ACE program, I got to know that this program opens a great number of opportunities across functions and networking with heads. RBS is working in most advanced technologies, and this can help one to learn and grow. Since automation is the need of the hour, and fintech a buzz word all around, getting experience in these fields can help a lot in further career. Amidst Covid-19, RBS is among one of the few Banks, whose Balance Sheet looks good and can swim through this crisis easily.
I had one of the best experiences in the internship. I could say that I could demystify all my apprehensions, which I had about RBS. RBS is a great place to work for those who want to grow in the field of risk and operations in Banking while keeping themselves afresh with the latest technologies.
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