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Horrendous Place to Work - Anonymous employee Juniata Valley Bank Employee Review

1.0
Oct 18, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I'm told that there is a new initiative to send you tone-deaf quotes via email every day, if you're someone who wants to waste time reading useless quotes as you're underpaid for your work you may consider this a pro.

Cons

- Pay is abysmal - Perhaps the largest issue is that if you do not fall somewhere that top execs like on the personality test they force upon all employees and prospects you will be immediately denied from any positions you want to grow into. This magical personality test, or, DiSC as it is referred to, may as well be above God himself as far as determining an individual's competency for a position - didn't score a high enough in the "S" category? Guess that means you're completely incapable of doing your job! - Favoritism - if you don't stumble your way into the top execs' clique, you will go absolutely nowhere in this bank - There are no opportunities to grow in or out of your position aside from lucking your way into a new job when someone above you inevitably quits - which will happen, I cannot stress this enough, turnover is atrocious. - You will have zero guidance and feedback on your performance from your direct managers or others; you receive a single, half-hearted yearly review where you find out what your single bonus and raise will be. Your entire incentive bonus and meager % raise is based on factors you will stress over and find out once per year, with no opportunity for a dialogue to discuss said performance, and give your perspective on the review before it is set in stone. - Top level exec of a "community" bank absolutely abhors their employees and the community they are supposed to serve. The way they will look down upon you from their throne is akin to the way you look at a stain on the floor. - The "holier than thou" attitude is not only a CEO issue - it is the entirety of top level management, the way those underneath the highest positions are talked about and treated are frankly horrific, and if everyone were able to hear it, there'd be no employees left in this bank. - Far too much is placed on the individual - single points of failure are everywhere - if a few key people walked out the bank would collapse as they are unwilling to support those who very clearly need their duties split, or someone put alongside/under them to share the workload.

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Juniata Valley Bank Response
3y
I appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. I can speak to two of the comments you have noted; however, without knowing all the details of your experiences here at JVB, I am ill-equipped to provide specific explanations to the other comments. I would more than welcome a discussion to find out more, should you be willing. Regarding the DiSC assessments, I believe there may have been a misunderstanding as they actually have nothing to do with competency but rather personality types and increasing self-awareness, social awareness, and how we communicate with each other. With regard to your pay, I am sorry you felt your pay was not what you should be making. We spend a great deal of time every year doing a significant pay analysis for each position in order to ensure that we are truly paying a highly competitive wage for our region as well as our asset size. Again, I would certainly welcome a conversation to find out more about your experiences. If you are willing, please reach out to me at tina.smith@jvbonline.com, and we will get something set up. Sincerely, Tina Smith Human Resources

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5.0
Oct 18, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great people. They let you fly and give you a plethora of tools. Deeply rooted in the community.

Cons

Lack of work from home.

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Juniata Valley Bank Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We appreciate your feedback! I agree – JVB does have great people! Our best asset hands down! Management sincerely strives to thoroughly train all employees and provide the necessary tools to get everyone where they need to be. And, once someone knows what he/she is doing, it is easy not to micromanage and “let you fly!” I also appreciate the feedback on the working from home. Times are changing and we are continuing to evaluate these options while doing our best to be equitable to all employees. Thank you again for your feedback! Sincerely, Tina Smith Human Resources
4.0
Jul 14, 2016
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Pros

There are lots of good things about JVB- benefits are really extremely solid, the bank uses good, ethical banking practices, everybody knows each other, true community feel, upper management knows your name, and the list could continue. The level of internal politics is not too bad, but does vary from department to department.

Cons

Growth opportunities are extremely limited for most employees. This is partially due perhaps to the low turnover rate at JVB. Favoritism seems to exist when opportunities do come up.

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Juniata Valley Bank Response
3y
Please allow me to first apologize for the lag in response time from when you submitted your review years ago. We recently activated our Glassdoor Account and are now able to respond. I am sorry we didn’t get an opportunity to do so sooner! Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We love to hear feedback on what people who spent quite a few years with us think of their time here! With regard to your cons, I am sorry to hear you found there to be internal politics in some departments as well as favoritism. Even though this review is from a few years ago, I would still very much welcome the opportunity to discuss this further so I can ensure this does not occur going forward. If you are willing to discuss further, please reach out to me at tina.smith@jvbonline.com, and we can connect. I am also appreciative of your positive remarks! We truly strive to provide an environment where employees know how valuable they are and are rewarded as such through our performance evaluation process, our Employee Annual Incentive Program, our Paid Time Off, our comprehensive health and retirement programs, etc. Over the past couple years, we have received feedback on our training programs, and I am pleased to report that last year, we did more training than ever before and are continuing to build bench strength and work toward growing our greatest asset, our people! Thank you again for your feedback. Sincerely, Tina Smith Human Resources
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