Pros
Easy to be hired here Not a difficult job to perform Opportunities for commission on sales You can make the schedule work to your suit your needs
Cons
Commission on sales is only on "approved" items - The push you to sell items but you only get paid on approved credit card applications, bank accounts that have been funded with 100 dollars and loan applications that have been approved AND closed. The pressure to sell is there, and even if it's not high pressure for the customers, the sales people (tellers and bankers) are not conditioned to provide full disclosure about their products. Things like time limits, fee increases, and restrictions on usage are common items left out of sales pitches. Have to work Saturdays The job gets boring quickly Upper management and bankers can be errogant especially when they don't know what they are doing - our branch manager acted like he knew everything but in actuality he only kept screwing things up. We were constantly off balance and were failing nearly every audit. The errogance of the bankers gets old fast. They act like they are the big hot-shots and don't give the tellers any credit. They expect everyone to do everything for them and drop everything and come running when they call. All in all the bank doesn't care about its most junior employees. They praise you and give you well wishes when you do something good but nothing comes of it. The customers treat tellers like crap and complain to management when tellers stand up for themselves (in a justified manner without unnecessary attitude). The health insurance is crappy and the compensation will leave you in the poor house. Don't come to work here - unless you're coming in at the corporate level.
