Pros
Steady schedule Pay starts at above minimum wage, usually between $12-13 an hour Decent benefits, such as vacation and sick pay. Lower cost health insurance and a 401K plan that matches 6%
Cons
Incredibly conservative work culture. Very fear based. If you are caught saying anything against the company or the way upper management handles things you are sure to be terminated. Incentives are now being taken away from the branch bankers to "decrease pressure of sales goals" but it's really just a way to save the company some money. The company does anything they can to save money really, including NEVER paying overtime to employees unless the situation is DIRE. I have known employees to straight up lie on their hours to not include any extra time just so they wouldn't get in trouble with management. The branch manager I had was often very strict and somewhat emotionally abusive to a lot of his staff, particularly his female staff. I've witnessed him making at least 3 employees leave his office crying. We worked on the retail side and the branch bankers are made to feel incredibly guilty if they don't reach their numbers. I myself was fired halfway through my pregnancy, a few short months before I could take maternity leave, because a corporate investigator dug up some old private conversations I had with another employee about our personal opinions and disagreements with the company. Very "big-brother" like. They also make you memorize a brain washing sales pitch called the BB&T "value promise," which is an unnecessarily long speech about the history of the bank, our vision and mission, the products we offer and why we chose to work for this GREAT COMPANY! if we don't use this value promise to EVERY client that walks in then we obviously don't care about the bank or our clients. It's all big corporate brain washing, but I suppose many large financial institutions are the same.