Wintrust Financial reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(453 total reviews)
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Tim Crane

64% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Wintrust Financial has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 453 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wintrust Financial 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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453 reviews
1.0
Jan 17, 2017

Avoid at all costs

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Pros

They had free coffee... so there's that.

Cons

The pay is lower than at other banks, and the working conditions are also worse. The manager at my branch was a psycho who would scream at me until he was red in the face for things I didn't do. The supervisor was extremely rude, both to employees and to customers. I wound up quitting in four months after finding a better paying position at another bank. So, in all, it's pretty terrible.

1.0
Jan 4, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance is it.

Cons

Incompetent managers, senior leadership hides behind submissive, managers and don’t represent employees. They don’t spend time training or onboarding. No one talks to each other, and there is so much control when interacting with other departments. Employees are given talking points when meeting HR and are told to commit to nothing. If you have ideas or suggestions, they are shunned or silenced. They are looking for paper, pushers and admins, and that’s it. If you push back, they use false performance, evaluations, and HR does nothing to help support its employees. Absolutely the worst experience I’ve ever had. Do not work at this place as it is a classic bait and switch during the interview. They will tell you, you’re working on amazing things, and then you will realize that you’re nothing more than an admin. the enterprise, Banks and charters are actually good individuals, for marketing and improvement. It’s the marketing department itself that is inefficient and full of people under qualify to do their jobs.

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Wintrust Financial Response
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We appreciate you voicing your concerns about your current department. We do take these reviews seriously and will be sure that your words are heard by senior management. Although each department will have their own onboarding and training schedules, we do feel that proper training guidelines are in place, and we will continue to monitor and adjust where needed to setup our new and existing employees for continued success. In addition, we are working closely with our recruiters and hiring managers to ensure candidates get a realistic on the job preview to better meet candidate expectations.
1.0
Aug 18, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

They have great products that make it easy to sell, no high presure sales goals.

Cons

The company is more focused on how much money they are making than they are on the work environment and work life balance provided to employees. Turnover is very high which makes it hard for the long term employees to do their jobs at times. The branches run on very lean staffs and when someone calls in it makes it hard on the entire retail staff. 401K is subpar and they only provide 12 weeks maternity leave and I don't believe it is paid at 100%. Decisions are being made at the corporate level that affect the retail banks and the people at corporate have no idea how the branches run or how those decisions may negatively impact the staff. Pay is lower than other retail banks.

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