Call Center:Shareholder Services Specialist II / Client:Primerica Financial Services - Shareholder Specialist II BNY Employee Review

2.0
Jun 6, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

You learn a lot on securities, trading, different products and interpersonal skills will develop here. Permanent employee benefits, 401k, Roth 401k, Life Insurance, Medical, Accidental insurance, tuition reimbursment, wellness and health, dental, vision etc. Schedule is good, solid work/life balance Clean professional building with security. Free lunch if you work through it. Plenty of overtime. Friendly employees.

Cons

Lack of training. You learn it all on each call you take. The 5 weeks of training only gives you basics. There is too many products and situations that will not prepare you. Huge Turnover rate, out of 13-15 people per training class all but 2-5 leave within a year. Too many inexperienced workers cause unnecessary escalations and make others upset. This should be number one but the pay is not any good or merit increases. No bonuses. You start most cases in a temp agency before being hired. This is a high stress enviroment with many rude callers. PFS Agents are disrespectful and unprofessional. Some not all. One of the worse even though you have two 15 min breaks and 30 min lunch if you take unscheduled break for the restroom and you are too long you get lectured.

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Pros

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Cons

It's a large bank and you're a number in the system. If your NPV is positive you'll stay, else you'll be laid off. This includes both scenarios you control and those you don't. Ex. You control your performance, in office time and networking You don't control if your location is a strategic growth site, if a major client goes with a competitor, or if you'd be impacted by a general company-wide layoff plan.

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