WAS a great place to work. - Development Group Leader U.S. Bank Employee Review

5.0
Mar 4, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

I am writing this review under the leadership of R. Davis who was a respectable, humane person that created one of the best working environments I have ever had. Mr. Cecere, unfortunately, is a different story. A piece of me died when Davis stepped down. I worked under the TOS umbrella doing software development for almost 7 years. I was in between jobs and had no intention of staying long term. I am ambitious and took on a lot of work that my co-workers would not, and I was reworded for it. I got promoted twice and wound up managing the department I was hired into. Unfortunately there are a lot of shakeups and reorgs at US Bank. I went through 5 bosses in my time there and most of them were good people that I enjoyed working for. My department was eventually dissolved but I felt like upper management worked hard to find me a new gig, and they did. They are slightly behind on technology but they are huge and take lots of time to turn things around. As an upper manager once told me, "We are in the money business, not technology". I eventually decided to leave because of an offer for more money but more importantly, better benefits. I still miss the fun environment, the Columbia Center and all of the people I made friends with while I was there.

Cons

Minnesota is the center of the universe. You just have to accept that if you are going to work here. The benefits are not good. Most employees have a spouse that works and you'll find that they are not on the Bank's heath insurance - for good reasons. A surprising amount of my former coworkers have been laid off under Mr. Cecere's leadership.

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Cons

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Pros

The pay is market average, and the benefits are quite good. I love my peers. The vast majority of them are kind and talented people. I truly enjoyed my first several years with the company. Well past the honeymoon period for a new employer. And at the time, I recommended this place to anyone I knew looking for a job.

Cons

Management is a mess from the bottom up. The culture of the company has drastically changed over the last several years because of frequent retirements, layoffs, and reorganizations. Employees I know from across describe the same experience: the company has gone from outstanding culture to one that feels openly hostile to its employees. Management decisions are built like cudgels and enforced through all stick and no carrot.

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