Fifth Third reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(4,120 total reviews)

Tim Spence

67% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Fifth Third has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,120 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fifth Third employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Oct 14, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

This company is one of the more generous companies within the banking industry. It is also a growing bank based out of Cincinnati. Working in customer service you are able to speak to customers and help customers which is rewarding and makes your feel good. That is something I do enjoy. The benefits are good and the company as a whole does seem to mean well and care for their employees. I just feel like us in the contact center are out of touch almost.

Cons

Without education you will not make it far within the company execept for the entry-level positions that even a monkey could do. Working as a customer service professional, I am the person that you call to scream at when something has gone awry with your account. The position is very mundane and repetative and you take abuse from abusive customers. Working for this company seems to be great, when you are not on the phones. People in other departments seem to be very happy. And I'm sure get paid a lot more. The culture is a little stiff but not too bad. I just feel like us in the contact center are out of touch almost. For example, joining clubs and organizations within the company is almost impossible since we have to be on the phones at all times. I want to join extra curricular groups, I want to attend meetings-but the phone business need always comes first. You can earn bonues based off of your statistics for the month. They want your phone called to be short but yet want you to provide quality service? Sometimes you just cannot do both. You are told when you can go to break, even going to the rest room out of your designated break time can count against you. The position is not hard, just mundane. And I sometimes feel no bigger than a pawn-a broke pawn. While my CEO probably lives in a mansion or two or three.

1.0
Mar 3, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some nice coworkers, decent medical/vision/dental, other than that I find it very difficult to find anything as a benefit.

Cons

Pay is less than other banks for similar positions, little or no opportunity to move out of retail into a corporate position (internal interviewing has zero benefit over an outside candidate), changing sales agenda monthly (change in focus all year round), plan working most weekend hours if you want to hit your goals and keep a job, have low expectations on pay raises and don't plan on getting 5's regardless of your performance review because "only perfect gets a 5 and no one's perfect", customer service activities (like disputes) and loans (like equity products) are being outsourced now so that your job is less essential => they can pay you less and you're easily replaced, hub meetings are meaningless but always entertaining seeing all the new faces (every time), the CFO in 2013 said that a full third (1/3) of the branches will be converted into "Teller Assist" stations by 2015 -so even if you get the job, there's a good chance you won't keep it long; very high school feel to the work environment (you're either in the 'in-group' or you're an outsider), "One Bank" is a joke -your "partners" are entirely 100% commission people (MLO and IE/IA) and will not work that hard for you since they have 'lay down' business daily or they can "make more money prospecting myself'; the culture at the retail level is all about cut-throat at any cost...I could go on for a long time, but I warn anyone reading this to stay away or go to a competitor if you're looking for a retail banking job because this place is crazy

4.0
Sep 3, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging work in terms on new technology and timeline for projects is pretty flexible. The project managers understand the business needs very well. Some of the documentation in place is good so is the infrastructure for software development and softwares they use The only thing missing from software development prespective is that they do not have any usability team, they need to have one. This will save so much time at bank with all the CSR as well as call center people. If they are able to minimize the number of clicks needed to perform certain task it will be great.

Cons

Work culture and some of the processes required for proper development are not in place. For some reason there is always a shortage or resources. The co-ordination with off-shore teams is not that good and more work could be done in house in less time.

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