Citizens reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(4,786 total reviews)
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Bruce Van Saun

85% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Citizens has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,786 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
4.0
Jan 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Licensing paid for, Continuing education and opportunities are vast. Show you are a top colleague through sales results and you will gain consideration for promotion and other opportunities. Company has just gone public and is in a P&L mindset where profitable employees will be valued.

Cons

This employer is for those who are willing to sacrifice some personal life. Many Saturday's necessary and Licensing is self-study from home.

3.0
Aug 30, 2014

Licensed Banker

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you want to get in to the world of a financial consultant it is a good opportunity vs a lot of firms that are offering 100% commission jobs. Here you get your base salary for the day to day activities and commission on both the branch level quarterly and the investments level monthly.

Cons

With all of the current changes the employees are expected to learn and execute every role in the branch. A lot is delegated to colleagues and the typical day as a Licensed Banker involves running a teller drawer, acting as a personal banker with a revenue goal, where there is constant pressure for checking accounts, and also as a licensed professional in the branch. If that is your main focus, it is very difficult because there is not much time left in the day for those Activities. There are very limited products you are able to sell at first and always a lot of politics to be sure you are getting the bonus you were promised. Most employees work well over 40 hours but fear the wrath of their managers and upper management if they would get overtime, and managers always give a hard time when you let them know you are over hours and need to shave some time off for the week so many people get paid for only 40 hours but work much more.

1.0
Jun 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

In the beginning, the benefits were great, time-off, ability to work remotely

Cons

Benefits are outrageously expensive, work life balance is non existent - it's all work, all the time. Senior management is taking more and more out the employees pockets. Raises are a nightmare. No room for growth.

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