A lot of recruiters are idiots, for one, and two, their main skill is in manipulating people, i.e. sales. The shady ones will always do what they can to get a l

A lot of recruiters are idiots, for one, and two, their main skill is in manipulating people, i.e. sales. The shady ones will always do what they can to get a leg up, including bad mouthing companies that they are not representing, I've had it happen more than once when talking with a recruiter. That said, I work with other software developers who have worked for a few of the major banks and they said it was awful, basically, I don't think its bank-specific, but there is a major divide between a company that's primary function is to produce software and one whose isn't, and banks do not exist to produce software, its just a means to and end for them, so projects are managed as such and developers are treated as such.