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
1.0
Aug 3, 2010
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Pros

Great CIO with great experience in former companies, great IT staff, knowledgeable in their subject matter, very team oriented. So very much team oriented in the Service Centers it's "us" versus "them" which leads to a mushroom mentality "en mass" . Stevens Point maintains all the middle managers (one just moved to the other side) and some knowledgeable people (who don't say much due a lack of local IT jobs). Green Bay Service Center has all the experience but is stymied by middle management from two hundred miles away. They used to have much more experienced staff but most of them moved on. If you like competition from your own boss then this is it!!

Cons

Extremely poor middle management. They can't communicate with each other, cannot prioritize projects and HR provides extremely poor health insurance coverage. Something you'll really need after a few months there. A prime example of what not to do as a Corporation but then again non of middle management has ever really been in a true corporate environment so I guess thats ok if they make a few Hundred) mistakes (over and over). If you like to improve things or fix things this is not the place for you. Here it's "Projects" or else, no free thinking only robots allowed.

3.0
Feb 19, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Still have some "old school" benefits such as a defined pension and non-expiring sick days. New CEO seems to be interested and engaged in changing work culture of old boy network.

Cons

Too many examples of the Peter Principal. People seem to be promoted on seniority instead of competency. Which makes it hard for them to support their direct reports. It is a Bank, and they are more interested in following procedure then actually getting things done. Management talks about wanting people to "own their work", but provide little or no support to actually allow you to "own your work"

4.0
Dec 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are great! Health insurance is Blue Cross Blue Shield Anthem Lumenos and very cheap. Hours are good because the branches in the loop are only open M-F during business hours, unlike outlying branches that are open later and on Saturdays. The staff is young and upbeat, including management; management is very approachable.

Cons

Pay is not that great. They offer incentives to earn "incentive" money, however, you have to reach a sales quota first and that is a hard goal to reach. The office environment is also very slow paced and quiet. The only excitement in the office is when there are a lot of customers needing assistance.

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