Sunflower Bank reviews

Sunflower has one goal which is to keep the books looking as good as possible regardless of the cost to employees. We were dramatically understaffed compared to the tasks and time frames we were given. Upper management had no desire to understand the REASONS (not excuses) mistakes were made or tasks were not completed in the time frame they deemed acceptable. The amount of turnover and the amount of time it took to get an employee "trained" resulted in one of two employees having to pick up the slack of an entire branch for months on end, along with salaried employees have to work 50 - 55 hours a week easily. The expectations of the branches were not changed however which resulted in the loyal employees who had stuck it out being disciplined for mistakes made while trying to do the work of three of four people. The bank is so focused on growing that any infrastructure issues are given quick "TEMPORARY" fixes that have gone for four and five years without true permanent fixes. The issue is the permanent fixes cost money which is something the ownership group isn't interested in doing. The lack of interest in spending money results in Sunflower having a dramatic lack of competitiveness compared to most other retail operations. This, however, does not hinder upper management from setting totally unrealistic sales goals and expecting you to make them. Training in anything beyond simple retail positions like a teller or banker is a joke to nonexistent but the standards they hold you to would suggest a minimum of six months of training. In summation since the bank has started its dramatic attempt to scale up quickly things have gone from high but healthy pressure to unbearable working conditions. The merger and switch up in senior leadership has resulted in upper management fearing for there jobs which has lead to an unhealthy downward push that has caused the company to lose many long-time employees. The new standard is that those who produce are given unchecked power regardless of there worthiness to manage people or not. I have heard members of HR telling potential applicants that many of the negative reviews they have seen are a result of disgruntled former employees of acquired banks, but in reading through most of these I can tell you that isn't the case.

You are a number, not a person. The company will never value the work you do or the person you are. HR and upper administration will paint a pretty from the outside, but once hired, it goes downhill quickly. Their turnover rate is MORE THAN 50%. The company's hiring/firing of employee's is a revolving door. Just look at all the ads for positions available all the time. The only reason most employees stay at SBNA is because they might pay just a little better than other banks, but they slightly elevated pay is NOT worth your sanity. If you enjoy being miserable, treated like dirt, over-worked and viewed as a "sucker" that got roped into applying for this worthless company....have at it! Trust me, you might go for it and test the waters, but it won't take long before you realize you made the worst decision every and hit the door running. OVERALL, JUST AVOID SUNFLOWER BANK AT ALL COST AND DO NOT VENTURE FORWARD! TAKE YOUR BANKING NEEDS TO A BETTER BANK THAT WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE YOU NEED & DESERVE!