Mechanics Bank reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(299 total reviews)

CJ Johnson

77% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Mechanics Bank has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 299 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Mechanics 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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299 reviews
1.0
Dec 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is above average but that is changing now. Five years ago it was a good place to work for. Probably amongst the best local banks.

Cons

Low morale, staff is overworked, too many chiefs not doing anything, upper management is clueless. Training is a joke or non existant. Systems are over 10 years old. It's an opressive, tyrannical environment. Everyone is scared to lose their job. You move up in the ranks by who you know not because of your merrits. Regional manager yells and is verbally abusive and does not allow you to explain yourself. Employees walk in to the office and come out crying. Employees are taking on to many tasks at once and are overwhelmed by the workload. Policies and procedures change all the time because there is no uniformed system to make it all work. New CEO was hired to slash overhead which means even more workload to the current staff members. Bank is to be acquired by a private equity company and most likely sold in a few years to a big bank. The family wants out. They want their money and run for the hills. Overall the worst experience ever. I think prison would be a step up.

1.0
Sep 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

not to many pros to talk about. It has become a horrible place to work

Cons

Mechanics bank use to care about its employees but today its just the opposite. Management has made it a sad miserable place to work. Taking away all employee perks, Firing long time good employees for made up reasons

2.0
Jun 18, 2014

Started good then turned bad after new CEO arrived.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great employees. Okay benefits. Family owned. Locally owned. I wish I could think of more pros.

Cons

Lots of lay offs. Low moral among employees. Work load is ridiculous across all departments. Bank has not kept up with advances in technology. Little communication.

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