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First Commonwealth Bank

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First Commonwealth Bank reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(242 total reviews)
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T. Michael Price

71% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

First Commonwealth Bank has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 242 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The First Commonwealth 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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242 reviews
3.0
Nov 18, 2014

Not bad

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Since it's a smaller bank, it's much easier to make connections to higher ups than at say PNC. The CEO is a great guy (know him personally), and it would certainly pay to get to know people higher up than you. I think this would be a solid place to start off at

Cons

Not certain how easy it actually is to move up in the bank unless you know higher ups. The pay is definitely pretty crappy (in my opinion). The Indiana office is a pretty gloomy place to work in. From what I've heard, the Pittsburgh office has a better atmosphere, but Indiana has closer connections to higher ups.

2.0
Oct 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Decent co-workers, but many of them whine and moan all day about the temperature or little things Flexibility with work schedule Decent amount of vacation days (17 days until you have been here for 10 years, then you get a whole five more)

Cons

Salary is decent to start out but very little incentive to continue working here. They may recognize you at 5 years in but you get nothing but a pat on the back and a Keep it up. In today's economy 5 years is turning into more of a big deal with people bouncing from job to job, they need to think about rewarding their employees more often and with rewards employees actually want. NO COMMUNICATION!!! Well, there is some but it is totally ineffective. Many times they just talk at us and talk up the bank like we are customers they are trying to reel in. I mean come on, we already work here, we don't need the sales pitch. Supervisors have a bad attitude that trickles down to the employees. The employees should not have to be the ones trying to build morale, that starts at the top and works it's way down. Morale here sucks!!!!!! There is so much turnover in this department and they don't see that it starts with them. Maybe if they spent more time on the interview process instead of hiring any Joe Shmoe that walks through the door right out of college, just maybe they would have a full staff for a longer period of time. No one wants to come to work. This is not a "family". It's everyone for themselves and management does not care about employee development. They are so focuses on their financial goals and their own personal pocketbooks that they fail to see the people busting their butts on a daily basis to earn them their bonuses at year end. And the values here....psshhh, don't even get me started; it's the most ridiculously selfish place I've ever experienced. They say there is room for growth and potential to "MOVE UP", yeah right. Not unless you are a 20-something year old male and work in the Pittsburgh office. If you want to "be somebody" you have to work in Pittsburgh.

1.0
Oct 22, 2014

Hostile work environment. Highly political culture.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Salary was decent albeit not up to market standards, but had to fight for bonuses every year. Some flexibility with regard to work schedule.

Cons

Staff is very fearful of the politics, so there are a lot of people who just say yes. and don't challenge the status quo. The culture is backwater and unsophisticated. Male dominated environment. Lots of back-stabbing in upper management, which filters down throughout the entire organization. An awful place to work!

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