Forbright Bank reviews

3.8

62% would recommend to a friend

(9 total reviews)

Don Cole

77% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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2.0
May 23, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay, remote work is offered. Very smart group of Sys Admins.

Cons

Very metric driven. Very large JIRA environment that is tied to everything and they're change management process, very strange for such a small bank in my opinion. The workflow and change process for everything was over complicated for every process. If your ticket numbers are low, it reflects poorly on your performance and your manager will critique how you are doing your work. They audit everything even more so than the other banks I worked for over the past 12 years. I was constantly being asked to audit the most mundane things and take dozens of screen shots. When you submitted the work to management, they would send it back because they didn't like the way the screen shots looked. No clear procedures on how to do the work they expect from you. Lots and lots of re-work and second guessing on if you are performing the job correctly or if you did something they think is wrong. The first thing they told me when I walked in the door was "We are not micro managers" which I quickly learned they were. The head of IT is like the Wizard of Oz, you never see him... but he is behind a curtain someplace pulling levers. While I was there two IT staff were fired and two guys walked out in a 5-month period. I guess that says something about an organization.

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Forbright Bank Response
2y
Thank you for your candid feedback. We will share it with the appropriate parties.
1.0
Sep 19, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent salary pay but that’s about it.

Cons

Start up company backed up by bank and low man on the totem poll loses their job.

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Forbright Bank Response
2y
Thank you for sharing your input. It's unfortunate to hear that you didn't have a more positive experience.
2.0
Mar 8, 2023

Quite a ride

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Brilliant admins and great network design. Service desk and cyber folks are absolute champs!

Cons

Performance is judged based on entirely arbitrary due dates as opposed to quality of work product. Using sick days will get you fired. Management doesn’t stay focused long enough to communicate needs and changes to high level planning. There is no priority rating for tasks, so you will be yelled at for throwing a minor thing to back burner to focus on a more pressing item, once again based on entirely arbitrary dates.

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Forbright Bank Response
3y
Thank you for your review. We agree that our IT team is amazing! It's unfortunate to hear that you didn't have a more positive experience. Our leadership team values work-life balance and encourages employees to use all 20 days of PTO throughout the year. We provide flexibility with work schedules with the expectation that our employees will get the job done as we are all working together to ensure the Bank's success. During this exciting time of growth, we are always looking to make improvements to our processes through internal working committees and our communication with quarterly town halls, monthly brunch and learns and company newsletters.
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