RBS is a fantastic place to work. Obviously every person's different and they want a variety of things from their profession with the multitude of opportunities there are at RBS I can honestly say that I think that it would suit almost everyone that's looking to go into the financial services.
The culture's very important in the industry I work with it's all a reflection of the way people behave towards each other, I work on the trading floor and there's a very flat structure in terms of .. you sit with the managing director's at the desk side by side. And you've got the youngest graduates sitting right next to people that have been there 15-20 years in the same industry and you can talk to them absolutely no problem whatsoever, in fact, they actively encourage it. That's just reflective of the supportive culture that there is at RBS.
I love working at RBS and I've been here two years now and at this point in time I really don't see any need for why I should want to change what I'm currently doing and the aim is to become managing director of the desk one day.
I suppose the initial attraction in terms of working for RBS, it all stemmed from attending a series of career presentations on campus. The big thing is obviously if you're going to work for somewhere and you're working 11 hours a day, 5 days a week the most important thing's the people that you work with and I've got to say that the people that I found at the RBS presentations were absolutely fantastic and did a brilliant job of representing the firm itself and so that's what really swayed me towards putting the application in.