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Personal Banker Reviews
What is it like working as a Personal Banker?
February 2015
Office Conditions.
Personal Banker:
Pros: I like serving our customers and helping them plan to achieve their financial goals.
Cons: I wish I was able to work longer hours and that my performance more reactively affected my pay. I wish the incentive program was stronger so that I could earn more and see my efforts pay off.
January 2015
Benefits.
Personal Banker:
Pros: 5 weeks of vacation, no holidays, no nights, rare weekends, boss.
Cons: Sales goals, salary, co-workers, tasks.
November 2014
Love the company, but...
Personal Banker:
Pros: They take ethics very seriously.
Cons: Promotions and raises are slow..
August 2014
Personal Banker:
Pros: Seeing customers, selling new products and services.
Cons: The pay, salary, perks.
August 2014
Medium Stress, Average Management, Sales.
Personal Banker:
Pros: I like that I don't have the same hours every week and that there is a lot of room to move up in the company.
Cons: My major was not in banking so selling is not my passion and it is what I have to do everyday.
July 2014
Such An Excellent Organization.
Personal Banker:
Pros: 5/3 is fantastic place to work. They are an organization that recognizes and rewards their employees for performance and production. They really do want to promote from within. I started with 5/3 four years ago. Since then I have been promoted me 4 times! From a part time teller to full time, to lead teller, to senior teller to personal banker. Now, I'm currently going through the bank's sponsored licensing program to become a licensed personal banker! Exceptional managerial coaching, fantastic business partners and hard work has helped me develop and learn the skills necessary for my success and promotions. Employees are very fortunate to have upper management who are ethical and people of their word. I'm going to be vague here. In my case I was told if I do "X" then in return I will receive "Y" by a certain date. Well "X' was accomplished in that time frame and "Y" was received as promised, with nothing written or signed. 5/3 is ethical, appreciative, and cares about their employees.
Cons: Working in banking can be a very stressful environment. You must be able to manage your book of business effectively during busy times of the year (during season). This can be hard to do with expectation set by the bank to follow up with every client you meet(sometimes 20 clients). On the flip side, when season is over you must be able to generate and create business. This is where most bankers fail, they rely too much on walk-in clients during season and don't follow up with them. You must build a book of business and manage it effectively in order to meet your goals during the slow times of the year. Some coworkers feel micromanaged by expectations and little things 5/3 requires us to do and track. I can see why they think this but I know these requirements are established to help us succeed in the long term. Lastly, some managers are strict regarding scheduling: giving you less say in the hours you work. While other managers let you manage your hours as long as you stay at 40/week.
March 2014
Career Oriented Company.
Personal Banker:
Pros: If you are looking for a job, this might not be the best option. Wells Fargo likes to keep people as long as possible. If you are good at what you do, you will move up quickly. Performance based company, if you are not good with people, this might not be the best option. I enjoy the company, the culture and the compensations.
Cons: Performance based company. Very performance based. Favoritism throughout the work place; very apparent so...get along with ALL of your peers.
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