Rampant Incompetence in Toxic Workppace - Personal Banker KeyBank Employee Review

1.0
Apr 6, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is higher than competitors in market for role.

Cons

Technology, training, and their policies and procedures pages are absolute jokes. Support departments like online banking, fraud, or underwriting are woefully understaffed, poorly trained, or will route you in circles even as an employee. Company instituted a culture of "One Key", a bank wide effort to support other employees or provide simpler assistance...except no contact center rep has even heard of the phrase. Unethical sales practices, in my experience, were supported and hidden in an effort to boost manager, branch, and area sales performance even leading to the dismissal of an area leader and branch manager in my tenure. Area leadership is retaliatory and frequently disregard the safety of employees. Wildfires impacted the area, my branch was in an area at a level two evacuation order and my area leader knowingly and willingly advised staff to continue to work in a building filled with smoke. When confronted about the safety impact, they feigned expertise in wildfire management saying the level two evacuation order one day versus another "weren't the same". Direction of the company shifts like a fart in the wind. Area leadership specifically created a "with me or against me" dynamic by labelling individuals as "change detractors" if any dissenting views were shared. Best way to sum up the sales attitude and service to clients was coined by a long term branch manager "if there's nothing in it for you, 1-800-key-2you".

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Cons

I have strong reason to suspect I was placed on a PIP for reporting a employment violation to HR, I have had approved PTO get unapproved with 10 days of the vacation with no compensation, my area region leader is horrible. They have very weird rules to disqualify any compensation or even metric recording of repeat investors, even though the advisor I work with gets full credit and compensation, the branch manager and area leader get full metric credit and increase to their bonus for it and if another employee referred it they still receive their full flat bonus for the referral. If a branch is understaffed you will be required to essentially become a branch manager and will be expected to take on numerous branch operations but they will not adjust your wealth metrics.

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