Associated Bank reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(812 total reviews)
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Andy Harmening

83% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Associated Bank has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 812 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Associated 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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812 reviews
4.0
Jul 6, 2014

Good opportunites for those who seek them out

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Pros

In general, the executive team does a great job of running this company. They guided the bank through some tough years, but through it all, things have been looking up. There are good opportunites for internal promotion and career advancement; although, it does seems to make a big difference if you have connections with people who have power within the organization. I guess it's true here, just like anywhere else, it's not all about what you know, but who you know. Benefits are solid, premiums are reasonable, employer retirement contributions are pretty generous. Work-life balance is great in my position, and seems to be for most other people as well (at least in the corporate offices).

Cons

The biggest negative here is compensation. Of course, at every company everyone wishes they were paid more. But the issue here is equity. People doing the same job can be paid vastly different sums, especially when comparing simlar work between departments. I'm talking 30%+ in many cases; this is not some quibble over a thousand dollars or so.

4.0
Jun 19, 2014

Good department...not sure on the direction of the company

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Pros

Great Department and Managers. Not great potential for growth and advancement.

Cons

New direction of company removing good jobs from the area.

3.0
May 6, 2014

Infrastructure still needs a lot of work.

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Pros

Friendly, conscientious, helpful co-workers. One of the best groups of people I have ever worked with.

Cons

Too many meetings and many are unproductive. People do need time to actually get their work done. Project plans are created and put into place without identifying all the critical stakeholders. Arbitrary deadlines are set and deemed to be more important than getting the work done right the first time. Communication and coordination between different lines of business is not consistent. From a systems perspective, it is like stepping back into the 1990’s. Too many IT systems and the majority do not interact with each other, requiring manual intervention to complete daily workload.

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