Call Center - Call Center Sales and Service Representative KeyBank Employee Review

2.0
Feb 2, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

They give the illusion that it's a great place to work initially so the people are fun. They provided decent benefits comparatively (still not affordable). You can schedule your own paid time off (two weeks to start) in the system and get paid well for working holidays.

Cons

It's retail banking, high turnover, only about 30% of reps meet sales goals, does not promote from within (no matter what they tell you). They set unrealistic goals and then route calls strategically so that the better sales people get the better sales opportunities, and weaker sales people get the customer service calls though everyone is expected to meet the same goals. Average points per account is about 100 and the goal is nearly 6,000 (could be higher now). Thus, the harder it is for you to get sales, the harder they make it for you. You DO NOT get the big points from loan referrals unless the loan goes thru 100% which means that it could be six months before you get anything and your job performance depends on customers' credit (something that you cannot control). You can close sales of products and pull applications all day long but if they don't qualify you get no recognition. Your customer service and call metrics can be 99% compliance and if you don't meet sales goals you are OUT. Period. They set you up for failure.

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Cons

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Pros

Flexibility is what sells this place as a great place to work. Hybrid schedule, great PTO, no guilt trips for needing time off for family matters.

Cons

Your experience will vary greatly based on your manager. One asset manager can freely call in or wfh without worry where another AM may be reprimanded for the same. The insurance department is completely inept. Borrowers are constantly threatening to sue because our insurance dept management sucks. Very little training across most departments. Some people work very very hard, others dont work at all, there doesnt seem to be much oversight there. When a manager tells their employee "dont expect to get promoted next year" with no guidance or encouragement, you pretty much kill all motivation for that employee to do better. They will hire people as senior staff and pay them way more than their seasoned employees make, and then tell their seasoned employees not to expect a senior promotion.

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