Unfortunately, the pay was the biggest downfall. Great working environment was enough to make me stay as long as I did. But the extremely difficult-to-live-off-of pay rate weighed greater and was enough for me to let that all go. There are incentives and bonuses, but you'd have to buss your behind like crazy just to get a little extra and do it a lot for it to really see the difference. Bonuses are good but what you need is a constant decent income even more. While they spent lots of money treating high "Priority" customers who had large accounts with the bank to special treatment, a lot of front line especially long-time employees who serviced them were struggling to make ends meet.
Tried applying at other departments/positions. Positions I did qualify for didn't have much difference in pay, only about a dollar more.
To be straight forward, don't apply to be a Teller especially if you are living on your own and paying for yourself and children. You'll have a hard time with your budget, and like any job if you don't like your branch/staff, you will hate your job. Challenging job ok.. but not when there's no pay to back it up.
