Maybe other departments, but not this one. - Chargeback Specialist Upgrade Employee Review

1.0
Jun 24, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Pay is semi-ok, but don't expect to actually be paid by the value of your work. The managers, at least in this department, appear to only care about getting their team's salary cap low and bowing down to THEIR managers. Benefits are good, but other companies have much better. This company has a lot of money they aren't reinvesting back into their people. - other departments appear to actually promote and help their people thrive

Cons

- Clique environment, Managers are very clique oriented - The company talks up it's culture in training but once you actually start the job, it's just another bank job - Managers appear to be more worried about their direct bosses than helping their teams - Managers in this department were known for missing meetings/interviews constantly and displaying unprofessional behavior - Sexual harassment present at the company - Managers still act like working from home is a reward even though our entire team was more productive at home - Company is more interested in making rules to keep bad workers, than treating people like adults - Managers treat their teams like children - Managers punish the whole team for the failings of only a few - Parking is a mile away unless you want to pay $100 out of pocket a month (to be reimbursed, but most companies don't need you to have to pay out of pocket) - Hostile work environments created by the managers - Company is just like any other bank with how it treats it's chargebacks team

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Cons

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