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First American Bank

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First American Bank reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(150 total reviews)

Thomas Wells IV

79% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

First American Bank has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 150 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The First American Bank 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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150 reviews
2.0
Mar 22, 2016

Sr Personal Banker Rep

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

While they push you for sales, however, customer service is their priority. They are not as aggressive as other big banks.

Cons

Branch Managers do pretty much whatever they want. They treat employee literally like they don't even care about high turnover rate at the bank. When I took the position I have replaced two previous personal bankers who have left before me within a 12 months period. The upper management does not put check and balance in place to know how employees are being treated or what their experience is like. At almost most branches, BMs play the favoritism game. If you are white like myself and speak English without an accent, which I lack because I was raised in India, they will promote you from teller to Branch Manager or any other higher positions. During interview, they tell you that the schedule is 9-5 PM. However, they make you come to work at 7 AM on some days and stays to work until 7:15 PM on other days; or sometimes 7:30 AM-7:15 PM. Yet, you are not entitled to work overtime. Work week is capped at 40 hours. For the week that you are scheduled to spend more than 40 hours at the bank, you have to take longer lunch or sometimes even work off the clock because the manager will make a scene if you are 0.3 minute over 40 hours. Bottom line is that you end up spending more of your time at the bank.

2.0
Apr 2, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Impeccable Training: Knowledge-wise for Banking, you become the equivalent of an ABM/BM at other banks

Cons

The Pay: What they don't tell you is that you're not just a PB. You're customer service, you're a loan officer, you're a small business banker, and so on and so on. But your "title" is only Personal Banker so you get paid slightly better than the average banker for doing three times as much.

1.0
Feb 17, 2021

Stuffy environment

Recommend
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Pros

They give you health benefits

Cons

Everything is an issue. Taking a break, sitting down, talking too much, not talking enough, asking questions, not asking questions, getting to work too early instead of EXACTLY when you are supposed to. People that aren’t the boss think they are the boss and talk down to you and the boss allows it

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