Associated Bank reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(813 total reviews)
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Andy Harmening

84% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Associated Bank has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 813 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Associated Bank employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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813 reviews
3.0
Feb 28, 2013

Manager

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Pros

Many great people to work with. Compensation was good. The new executive management under Phil have good strategies most of the time - big improvement over previous management team. Stable company with lots of opportunities to move around in the company (if you are below management level).

Cons

Very focused on being politically correct and promoting/hirring women much more than men. The HR is made up of 98% women (including the director). They go all out in advertising that fact and stating their goal is to hire X% more females. The risk management side is a mess. It is headed by a 65+ year old who is never around, very slow in making a decision, and lacks the ability to use simple technology. Appears to be in it just to cash in for his retirement - honestly can't see why he is employed at the bank. Retail side is interesting in the fact taht they know they don't pay their tellers much and demand A LOT but refuse to make a real change (like paying them more or removing the sales push - simple). They seem comfortable with a 50% annual turnover and yet scream about it at the same time. IT side is also challenging...they have lots of people where the bank has been their only employer. Essentially they made friends long ago and they watch each other's back - it is like a club for useless people who would not have a chance of making it in another company.

4.0
Oct 21, 2012
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Pros

*Great incentive pay, great pay in general *Actively involved senior management *Work-life balance can't be duplicated easily *Expanding

Cons

*Micro-management, but it comes with the territory of being a bank *Upward movement is hard to come by, regardless of performance *Inadequate training *Lengthy hiring process (anticipate a month from your interview to being placed)

2.0
Oct 16, 2012
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Pros

They paid me more than other banks to do less. They have a lot of technological advances that were nice to work with.

Cons

Management was unbearable. Once you're comfortable they really open up how things actually operate. Branch manager was pushy and cared only about the numbers and district manager belittled BM in front of other employees. The goals were unreasonable and caused harassment of customers and lying in order to keep your job. Kept just enough staff that if it was a slow day they would send you home, flip out over your lack of something to do, or tell you to read brochures. If someone called in it through off everything and branch manager would be upset over anyone calling in sick for themselves or their child (unless it was BM's child then it's totally ok to miss work).

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