- Pay is abysmal - Perhaps the largest issue is that if you do not fall somewhere that top execs like on the personality test they force upon all employees and prospects you will be immediately denied from any positions you want to grow into. This magical personality test, or, DiSC as it is referred to, may as well be above God himself as far as determining an individual's competency for a position - didn't score a high enough in the "S" category? Guess that means you're completely incapable of doing your job!
- Favoritism - if you don't stumble your way into the top execs' clique, you will go absolutely nowhere in this bank
- There are no opportunities to grow in or out of your position aside from lucking your way into a new job when someone above you inevitably quits - which will happen, I cannot stress this enough, turnover is atrocious.
- You will have zero guidance and feedback on your performance from your direct managers or others; you receive a single, half-hearted yearly review where you find out what your single bonus and raise will be. Your entire incentive bonus and meager % raise is based on factors you will stress over and find out once per year, with no opportunity for a dialogue to discuss said performance, and give your perspective on the review before it is set in stone. - Top level exec of a "community" bank absolutely abhors their employees and the community they are supposed to serve. The way they will look down upon you from their throne is akin to the way you look at a stain on the floor. - The "holier than thou" attitude is not only a CEO issue - it is the entirety of top level management, the way those underneath the highest positions are talked about and treated are frankly horrific, and if everyone were able to hear it, there'd be no employees left in this bank.
- Far too much is placed on the individual - single points of failure are everywhere - if a few key people walked out the bank would collapse as they are unwilling to support those who very clearly need their duties split, or someone put alongside/under them to share the workload.
