Citizens reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(4,790 total reviews)
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Bruce Van Saun

84% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Citizens has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,790 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Citizens 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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3.0
Aug 20, 2010
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Pros

Charter One has great benefits that they provide their full-time employees. PTO time is okay, it increases the longer you work for them. 401K is great. Will match every $1 for up to 6% of your check.

Cons

It is very hard to get promoted from Banker to Asst. Manager or Asst. Manager to Branch Manager. I have worked with so many talented people that had been with the company a long time who are well overdue for a promotion. The Branch Managers are a hit and miss. Some are really great or they are absolutely AWFUL! They are very sales-oriented there. CHECKING CHECKING CHECKING! It's all they care about. Sometimes sales are so pushy it does not feel as though they want you to have the customer's best interest but rather the bank's.

2.0
Sep 27, 2009
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Pros

there was a clear flow of communication and information within the organization and changes were enacted quickly. If you felt that you needed a re-fresher course on an aspect of your job the company would allow you to go through training again or set you with a mentor to help you improve your performance. Aside from the skill set, the bonuses for making the retail goals were nice.

Cons

it is a system of who you know to get the promotion. You don't want to be too good at your job, if you are then management will keep you in that retail location and expect you to constantly produce greater volume of sales. Higher the management the more ignorance is prevalent. Tellers are treated as if they can be easily replaced and bankers and management are glorified data entry drones. There is low flexibility for single parents or students with schedule accommodations. On top of the low flexibility if you are stuck at a branch that is not making its weekly sales numbers they will keep you in the branch 2 hours after closing at least one day a week to go through transactions of the day to look for customers who may be a potential sale, and call them to schedule appointments regardless of what you're commitments maybe. What really was the cherry on my sundae at charter one was the fact that on paper we were to be there for the customers and help them with loans and investments however when it came to fee reversals management would often discriminate to their own personal preference which often was in the favor of wealthy customers who did not need fee reversals as opposed to the average citizen of Toledo.

5.0
Apr 5, 2009
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Pros

I had a great manager (who is no longer there) and a great team of co-workers. I joined Charter ONe when they first came to Indianapolis and I thought it was a great place to work. The people in the branches had a unique, positive attitude towards banking and the commercial teams were great. This was overall an excellent place to work that had very fair compensation and excellent bonuses.

Cons

They just sold all of their branches, so it's probably tough now. They should have grown their presence rather than selling off the branches to Old National. The Starbucks concept was a great one.

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