Overall, an ok place to work - Anonymous employee CoBank Employee Review

3.0
Mar 29, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

As a non-commercial bank with focus only on certain industries, it really is about relationship banking.

Cons

The salary is below market though the benefits are pretty good. Incentive structure is heavily weighted toward to the sales side which seems to lead to a lot of turnover in the parts of the bank that are not well compensated (operations, admin). While executive management talks a lot about that the associates are the bank's greatest assets, managements says just as much "if you don't like it, leave".

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Financially speaking CoBank is a stable company. The yearly bonus payout is competitive,

Cons

It's referred to as "CoBank nice" which is another way of saying it's a passive-aggressive culture. If you dislike endless meetings, this environment can be frustrating. Strong resistance to change at the leadership levels - despite claims of being focused on transformation, real progress is very limited. Extremely slow pace. Recent months have brought significant organizational and leadership changes, but very little acknowledgement about the impact those changes have on associates. PTO is definitely not competitive.

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CoBank Response
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Thank you for raising these concerns and for sharing your feedback. We agree that bonus payouts are an important part of overall compensation, and we remain committed to offering competitive rewards to our associates. Transparency and trust are priorities, and we’re continuing to strengthen communication and collaboration across the organization. We truly appreciate your willingness to speak up—perspectives like yours are essential as we work to improve together!
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