Santander reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(5,714 total reviews)
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Tim Wennes

81% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Santander has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 5,714 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Santander employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0
Mar 7, 2016
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Pros

Flexible scheduling with advance notice; co-workers are great; some of the BEST benefits around; fair pay; opportunity for advancement; large corporate employer with mom & pop mindset

Cons

Management plays favorites; Large corporate structure take forever for changes to be made; Can sometimes be a high stress environment

4.0
Mar 7, 2016

Good company, poor company

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Pros

The benefits and compensation were excellent, and a yearly bonus that was most welcome. They did fun little employee activities for one week a year and gave little gifts though very inexpensive were very appreciated. Many of not most of the people that work there are very friendly and good at their jobs and decent to work with. The actual office is new and nice (as of 2016) and there are machines offering a great many choices of free coffee.

Cons

There is a severe lack of proper process when it comes to projects and what is most important. Though management is typically nice they are not always attentive or understanding. I recall one incident where while working from home I logged off before I read an email sent a little after 5, which is when my day ended, and I was then texted, emailed, and called multiple times till I was able to pick up and was accused of leaving early and threatened with being demoted to contractor (something not possible or even within that managers power to do) and when I addressed this behavior to my superior no action was taken as far as I could tell. This happened at least three times from the same manager. It's a very clique ish environment and if you don't fit the a great deal of trash talk will happen behind your back, just like in high school. There was a lack of appreciation and even understanding of the jobs that were done. For mine in particular, I rarely got a thank you beyond my one or two coworkers and a great deal of complaining when any little thing may not be in its perfect place. Also I was forced to repeat myself many many time to my own team why certain thing last couldn't be done or shouldn't be done as if they didn't believe me or trust me.

3.0
Mar 4, 2016
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Pros

Company tries to be innovative, good team work most of times

Cons

Internal technology lacks competitiveness, bureaucracy in all levels, low speed of decision

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