Vantaggi
Company car was nice. Work-life balance can be really good when you're up and running - you get time to get your nails done. Easy to lie about "meetings". Some of the staff were lovely and offered support.
Svantaggi
Some of the staff are not so lovely. Share anything personal with your boss and it will be discussed in great detail with other colleagues. They have no formal training - anywhere, for any job - for a retail bank it's quite shocking. Training will involve being chucked in some unsuspecting persons diary at the last minute, and going through things that are barely relevant to you day-to-day job. Boss lied about the company car (you get your pick of XYZ, but doesn't mention that all the cars come with a cost out of your own pocket - something that had happened repeatedly to new hires) Boss lies to HR about how they've offered you extra training despite repeatedly refusing extra training for the previous 6 months. Boss would type out the conversations of your one-to-one and get you to sign it off. What I later realized he was doing to avoid writing any of my complaints in there - it was only ever my to-do list. This was later used against me by HR. I was asked about my sexuality within an hour of meeting my boss in person (day 3 in the job) - and not in a "bantery" way. I was once "warned" about my colleagues sexuality.