Sales, Sales, Sales, Screw the customer, sales, did I mention sales? - Branch Team Leader Regions Financial Employee Review

2.0
Jul 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good 401k, You can move up fast (as long as you sell a lot), lots of locations (especially in the southeast)

Cons

Constant sales pressure. I always had great sales numbers and did my job well. I went home every night feeling like a d-bag because I bought into the Regions360 approach that teaches you how to screw people. The atmosphere is toxic. It is all about stepping on anybody's head to get to the top. Most people's goal in the branch is to become CSM so they do not have to directly sell to customer, but rather force branch employees to pressure customers into products they may or may not need so the CSM's scorecard looks good and he gets a great bonus. The pay sucks for the amount of work you do. Imagine the AT&T store, that is what they are shooting for in terms of branch employees. Unqualified "salespeople" that they can pay peanuts. Very few good bankers.

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Cons

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Pros

The overall bank culture - they truly show that they value their employees, and fully vested in ensuring that is communicated and shown. I was completely impressed with my onboarding experience, and each day since my start date reaffirms that I made the right decision in accepting their offer. I could immediately tell that they invested in providing adequate tools to make our job functions efficient. There is also a large array of Learning & Development modules that are available to enhance your career. They are always sending out surveys to obtain feedback from the employees about their experience whenever they may have to engage with another area. The atmosphere has also been very welcoming and everyone seems so genuinely happy. They have provided me with a work life balance and good benefits. Regions definitely has identified the ingredients that I believe factor into why one would describe them as a great place to work. If the employees feel appreciated and are happy, it resonates. Its that kind of attitude that will be naturally also extended to our customers because its a embedded culture. I enjoy getting up and going to work everyday because I feel as if I am now working for a company that values the people they employ - and also care about how that also positively impacts their customers.

Cons

I can see that there are some gaps whereas one area may not fully understand what is going on in another - and because of that there may be some unnecessary overlap.

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