California Bank & Trust reviews

This is one of those "blame the parents!" Type scenarios. good managers here are far and few- a reflection of the kind of people who work here. There are those who provided mentorship and leadership and then the rest (the majority)who exercise authority because they can. There are issues with personnel at this bank and rather than coaching taking place to save someone with a corporate title shame and embarrassment, things will be swept under the rug. There are discriminatory practices that I've witnessed that made me sick. The leaders of this organization create, foster a hostile and unbearable work environment and it is behavior that is mimicked because it's demonstrated up the chain and therefore viewed as acceptable. This is not an environment where employees are cared for or encouraged to develop professionally. They are encouraged to learn key strokes rather than concepts concepts and processes, to call a centralized number for help rather than being trained and trusted to make an independent decision. Employees are not molded to move on and up because that would warrant a decent salary increase. They are molded and brainwashed to remain loyal to a company who gives nothing but a paycheck in return and the anticipation of an an annual $.20 raise.

After 30 years of working with the big national banks. I was recruited by a friend. I was extremely hesitant to move, I did. The biggest mistake . They promised that it was all about "customer relationships". It was all about selling widgets, just like the big banks. They do not have name recognition, they do not understand credit underwriting and credit risk. For a extremely small $50,000.00 business loan, they want everything but the kitchen sink, and in most cases they want the kitchen sink also. Most of the big banks approve these loans up to $100,000.00 no financials, with a basic online application. It is actually embarrassing to face a client with all the stipulations they require on $50,000.00 equipment business loan.