Associated Bank reviews

• Toxic Management Culture: The environment is highly toxic, characterized by a "high school" culture where gossip and private group chats involving managers targeting their own employees. • Harassment and Privacy Concerns: There are serious ethical concerns regarding managers abusing their access to employees' personal data (e.g., cyberstalking) and instances of coordinated bullying by middle management. • Lack of Meritocracy and Political Environment: The company suffers from a "good old boys club" and "yes man" culture. Promotions are driven by politicking and conformity rather than core competencies or performance, causing senior managers to flounder and team leaders to engage in psychological warfare against those who dissent. • Managerial Misconduct & Credit Theft: Middle managers often sabotage or set up employees for failure while simultaneously taking shared or sole credit for the individual work of ICs.

Communication is often contradictory or misaligned, and reporting to manager(s) and executives lacks the transparency and reliability necessary.