They lied - Anonymous employee Columbia Bank Employee Review

3.0
Sep 14, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's steady employment, the immediate supervisors are great. the company lies. They made a big splashy announcement just prior to the new year, that they were going to raise the minimum wage within the bank to $18, and that this would not affect our annual merit increases. Then when annual reviews were finally given out, they supervisor said, o no, no raises this year, they "did not put money aside for it." Wanna bet the C-suite got theirs though. Only reason to continue in this job is, again, it's steady income, a short commute, and really, what company does not do awful things like this. Just be prepared if you get hired, it is not the wonderful place they want you to think.

Cons

The company lies. They made a big splashy announcement just prior to the new year, that they were going to raise the minimum wage within the bank to $18, and that this would not affect our annual merit increases. Then when annual reviews were finally given out, they supervisor said, o no, no raises this year, they "did not put money aside for it." No big splashy announcement about that of course. Wanna bet the C-suite got theirs though. Only reason to continue in this job is, again, it's steady income, a short commute, and really, what company does not do awful things like this. Just be prepared if you get hired, it is not the wonderful place they want you to think.

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