Great Company - Personal Banker KeyBank Employee Review

5.0
Dec 8, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Work Life Balance - Vacation / PTO (sick combined is 3.5 weeks) - Benefits (Life, health, vision, dental, 401k, HSA, FSA) - Alot of room for growth. Great visibility to higher positions. Encouragement to move upwards within the company - Management very approachable - Much higher base salary/pay than most banks - Great company culture. Branch teams are often very cohesive. Ability to build strong relationships with colleagues for life. Fun themed days & dress down days. - Diversity, inclusion, equality focus is A+

Cons

- Poor commission pay. Most banks pay much more in commission. - Commission "rules" are incredibly complicated & you are often paid less than what you should per quarter. Getting these discrepancies solved is impossible. - Commission goals are too high. Alot of banks during COVID halted commission goals, Keybank continued to keep high goals even with lobbies closed. - Keybank systems are incredibly complicated, old, work slowly & crash. In a Banker role, there are about 8 systems we have to learn. This could easily be streamlined. Teller systems often crash & go offline. Key is working on updating some systems but they are very buggy & often disconnect.

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Pros

Culture, opportunities, industry leading products and benefits

Cons

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4.0
Jun 23, 2026
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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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