M&T Bank reviews

Professional development was below average. Managers are not compensated on how they develop the people below them. I encountered numerous managers who didn't even conduct one-on-ones with their subordinates (aside from annual reviews). Skip-levels are unheard of. While base salary was decent, the bonus structure was inadequate. For the position I was in, 20-60% of base is customary, but M&T was offering 2-4% annual merit bonus. The technology and systems at M&T are woefully outdated. They are probably 20 years behind the cutting edge financial institutions. This problem is emblematic of a general reluctance to undergo change. Pushing through any substantive change at M&T takes an act of Congress, so if you've got a lot of good ideas, prepare to be either stymied or have it take 4-5 times longer to implement your ideas than you expect. Not to be overly nitpicky, but no coffee in the break rooms? C'mon! It's such a cheap perq that makes such a big difference.

Very demanding of the tellers with not enough managment respect and support. Always working short handed and expected to answer phones in the middle of transactions. Under paid for the amount of work and responsiblities that are expected.