Citizens reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(4,790 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 4,790 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
1.0
Jan 17, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are good for the industry

Cons

Management is disconnected from its front line staff, Micro Management and check list leadership is creating low morale and people scrambling to sell as many widgets to each customer to maybe hit incentive goal, Goals are unrealistic and payout is so low as it relates to the work performed. Hiring and recruiting process needs a complete retooling, be honest transparent and confident when describing the role and compensation.Technology is so old and lack of crm,systems are inefficient and help desk is an outsourced joke. The customers will continue to flee if something doesn't change,,the turnover is a signal,,pay attention and listen more and stop the emphasis on "Winning"

1.0
Dec 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not many, bank hollidays off

Cons

Always understaffed. Compensation is a JOKE!!!! You basically are a very portly paid telemarketer, numerous outbound cold calls expected daily begging for business, multiple call nights, sometimes 2 per week. Management here is the worst in any company I have worked in HANDS DOWN. To put this in context I am normally top 4 or 5 bankers in the region so I am not disgruntled, this really is a terrible company. Management does not care about the employees at all, any issue you have with the company or the way things are done will be thrown back in your face and turned around on you. I don't know how we stay open. Employees have no RELIABLE resources, different answers to the same question any time you call. I am actively seeking new employment because I am at the point that I am embarrassed to say I work here. ABSOLUTE JOKE OF A COMPANY, WORST JOB I'VE EVER HAD.

1.0
Nov 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Medical and dental insurance as well as a 401k for full-time employees. They only offer Cigna insurance and is not widely accepted and will be hard to find a new doctor.

Cons

You're welcome as long as you can shove another credit card down a customers throat. If you can't make the customer service goal you won't get a bonus after all those cards you pushed, which is smaller and smaller every quarter. Benefits got slowly taken away year by year. Pension plan goodbye. Blue Cross not any more. Separate sick time and vacation time; let's put it all together and remove 5 days. Buy an extra week of vacation (now PTO) forget about that now too. You're a good employee but since you've been working here for 25 years you've reached the top of the pay scale for your position (less than $15 bucks an hour)

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