Vantaggi
- Above average salaries for this industry - Above average benefits package - Promotion from within is their M.O. most of the time - Monster footprint and over 80 companies under their umbrella making for a wide range of career choices/paths - Set schedule and clearly defined set of job responsibilities - You'll usually work within 30 minutes of home
Svantaggi
- The initial & ongoing training "programs" are as detached from branch realities as the earth is from the moon - Do your DUE DILIGENCE before accepting a position ( no matter how big the carrot ) with this bank - Corporate culture is completely corrupt, AND THEY KNOW IT. If you speak out ( like me ), you'll be blacklisted - Operationally still breaking many banking regulations and inventing new ways to do so roughly every quarter, particularly by introducing "new" products and widgets for you to toy with as a "banker" - Sales "goals" are delusional, but if you succumb to the corrupt and illegal business practices they encourage, you can attain them. Your 90 day probation is more or less a period for them to evaluate whether or not you will "sell your soul", lie to your clients, and be a "team player" or speak out like I did and ultimately resign. - Mgmt. claims they care about workplace ethics with both your clients and colleagues, but this is nothing more than a smokescreen to appear compliant with many of the banking reforms put in place following the 2008 financial crisis. Numbers are padded, fabricated or outright lied about on the 4 daily "production calls". - Whether your day of reckoning comes 6 months or six years post-hire, you'll deeply regret biting the apple, and either tough it out for the sake of the bills or recognize that your personal integrity and character are not for sale. I chose the latter and never looked back until asked to complete this review a year later.