Citizens reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(4,791 total reviews)
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Bruce Van Saun

84% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Citizens has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,791 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Citizens 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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5K reviews
2.0
Sep 15, 2014

Lost focus on what is important.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The training is probably one of the best for someone that does not have a background in banking. The branch is old and run down. It is all about the quick hit and most people feel we are reacting rather than being proactive about the changes in the market.

Cons

There is no work life balance in this company. They continually cut down on FTE and expect the branch to function as if it was fully staffed. The goals are not realistic and very few colleagues make a bonus now. Salaries are below other institutions and benefits were severely cut again for this coming year. Overload on information and changes, hard to keep up. They had great perks, but as stated they have taken those away.

4.0
Sep 13, 2014

CFG-Good place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Management is moving, slowly, in the right direction. Great people to work with. There are opportunities but need to know someone.

Cons

The PTO has been decreased for 2015. Still feel it's more than adequate. 401k is offered.

1.0
Sep 13, 2014

Micromanaged

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Pros

The pros here aren't many. Good amount of vacation, and decent benefits.

Cons

There are probably too many to list here. You will be micromanaged daily. They go as far as having managers plan your days down to the hour. The regionals and upper management are completely out of touch with the branches. The goals increase quarterly and become more outlandish. The culture is changing from doing what's right for customer to doing what's right for the bottom line. The incentive plan is moving to a profit and loss based system and regionals are pushing service fees as profit. Regionals are also pushing for branches to fake accounts and credit cards. They hardly ever promote from within, but will hire gas station cashiers or lingerie store cashiers as managers at a higher pay rate than those promoted. Many of the managers are under trained and are being trained by their employees. Be prepared to work for the company for years and then have to train and babysit your boss on a daily basis. Very high turnover rate not just for bankers but also for branch and regional managers. The branches are always short staffed and the current bankers are expected to increase their sales production to make up for shortages. The hours for in store bankers are terrible.

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