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First Citizens Bank

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First Citizens Bank reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(1,368 total reviews)
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Frank B. Holding Jr.

78% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

First Citizens Bank has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,368 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The First Citizens 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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1K reviews
4.0
Sep 19, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone was very nice and helpful. The hours are often flexible (in most departments) as well as a good deal of PTO.

Cons

Many of the employees - and the bank as a whole - are wary of change. Honestly, the bank needs a complete cultural transformation if it wants to stay relevant and competitive.

2.0
Sep 14, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The amenities at the data center, Ample PTO, No OT if not wanted.

Cons

Training- FCB needs a training class. Especially in the call center. There is a high turnover rate so when they get new people and they call us (branch support) they have no idea what the customer is talking about. It’s constant holding on the phone with us and the customers. Training also needs to be done throughout the bank as a whole especially the branches. I can not tell u how many times I’ve spoken to branch managers that had no idea on what to do, & I understand why most of them do not want to look through a “manual.” Management- I had a poor supervisor. She was always gone to meetings. She never had time to train. She constantly made broken promises to me about doing overviews, even after I was there for years and new people came and gone. They had their overview but not me. So much favoritism. Errors- If you make and error point it’s literally like World War III!!! My supervisor made me feel terrible about errors, like I was walking on eggshells. Process Improvement- the process improvement team needs to listen more to the employees. Since the new phone system “Pure Connect” took place, only 2 to 3 people on a team were on calls and that made it very unfair and without extra pay. HR- I felt like HR took my supervisors side with my case. And with that came secret retaliation which led to my departure. I couldn’t feel like I could talk to them at all in CONFIDENTIALITY.

4.0
Jun 26, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work environment depending on the branch. Great people, good benefits. Room to move up.

Cons

Not great pay unless you move up and they are a stereotypical big bank so they push and push and push and micro manage and push sales like credit cards or loans to people who have no business having one and will never be able to pay it. *they expect tellers to be lawyers and give legal advice and fully explain legal contracts without going to law school.

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