Santander reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,719 total reviews)
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Tim Wennes

81% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Santander has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,719 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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6K reviews
3.0
May 28, 2024
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Pros

Working from home was amazing. The pay also went up from 18 an hour to 20 an hour while I was there. But there were also yearly bonuses. The work life balance of not having to spend an hour or two in the car everyday meant the world to me, I was able to spend more time with my son. Also they start matching your 401k right away, and health benefits start the first day of training.

Cons

The yearly bonuses were easy to lose if things out of your control happened like any other place favoritism happened. Certain people broke certain rules all the time and never lost their job- despite that being the rules. Other people got written up for doing that same thing once. Normal politics, who you know mattered there was also so serious firing of upper management when I was there- within a few weeks about 3/5 of them were replaced, resigned, fired.. the laptops they gave us were cheap and the chargers would crap out. I think also just collections can be draining- and depressing but that’s normal for this type of job and not a Santander issue.

1.0
May 7, 2024

Goodluck

Recommend
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Pros

Customers are very understanding PTO is decent

Cons

Micromanaging Company Sales incentive is non existent Management does not understand the banker processes Cold calling leads Banker position transitioning into a Relationship Banker/ Senior Relationship banker with no pay increase Work life balance is non existent Policies constantly changing Management is not hired internally Upward mobility will take you 4-5 years Toxic work environment Unable to schedule PTO on days YOU decide, will always depend on availability of the other team members. At most branches will have 4-6 team members assigned, if one person calls out or is on vacation be prepared to work.

2.0
Apr 24, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

6% match on 401K Benefits are decent Branch coworkers can be great depending on where you are

Cons

Lack of transparency between back office and branch level employees. Disconnect between those making systematic changes and those that have to deal with upset customers as a result. Overall lacking in feeling like the company cares for individual employees

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