Pros
The recruiters of Columbia Bank aim to form teams of patient and personable people who work hard and try their best do things right the first time. The recruiters and management take special care in the hiring process to ensure your personality fits well with the existing team. If they do it right, you will end up on a team who will quickly become your friends and those friends will help you have a great day, everyday. The provided benefits are fantastic, it will be hard to find better.
Cons
It's a high stress work environment if you are not completely comfortable with giving bad news to impatient customers. The primary cliental of Columbia Bank are Baby Boomers who are pleasant when all is well, but ultimately do not have a lot of patience for change or inexperienced employees. Pay is relatively low for the work we are doing, and the provided training allows you understand very basic transactions but almost nothing beyond that, the rest of the training is on-the-job or on your own. This job will exhaust you if you don't love your work. If you feel no satisfaction in being a banker, you will be very unhappy here.