BB&T Reviews

Pros

The pay is good compared to other jobs in the area and training is top notch. BB&T donates to many charitable organizations throughout the year which made me feel good about the company. All of my co workers were great and worked together as a team plus we were all friends outside of the workplace. Insurance is great if you're healthy as they have a program that keeps it as low as $25 a month.

Cons

Pay raises were minimal. My last raise was 1.5%. New hires were getting paid more since they were trying to start them in mid range however didn't make much attempt to get older employees to the mid range. Vacation requests for the year had to be made by mid January.

Pros

BB&T continues to stick to it's core values and has NEVER deviated from that. You are never asked to do anything that is not the right thing for the client.

Cons

No Assistant Managers in the branches---get rid of the AOO role and put assistants in the branches. Watch productivity soar. FCL's can not do everything they are asked to do and run the day to day issues in the branch---it is impossible. They are overwhelmed and stressed out.

Advice to Senior Management

Stay the course---it's worked for 139 years!!

Pros

they have a great opportunity for excellent banking knowledge, they have great training tools, excellent benefits and decent pay for what we do.

Cons

if you are independent minded, direct it is not appreciated with management and is commonly mistaken for an attitude. be sure to "play the game" to last.

Advice to Senior Management

stronger applying method with applicants. personalities can tell a lot of how ones work ethic is.

Pros

Benefits. 401k, pension & sick leaves.

Cons

Programmers are not treated well.
No cooperation between departments. Each unit operates as if they were a different company.
Too many stupid and redundant policies resulting in slow progress.

Advice to Senior Management

Get down to the floor and talk to people. Get rid of redundant policies that slows development process.

Pros

People friendly, clean place to work. Work is very easy.

Cons

Many Project Managers, Program Managers, IT Managers and Sr. Managers that do not know how to properly manage expectations or deliverables, so lots of wasted time, little prioritization and old technology (they are cutting edge if the year was 2000). Not a bad place to work if you can admit to yourself that you are not very bright and just want to sit back and collect a paycheck.

Pros

Corporate value system is strong, management is supportive and open with changes. Lots of opportunity to develop as a leader.

Cons

Feedback process only works if managers actually take the time to do it.

Pros

Great training. Pretty good managers

Cons

You need to be a male to get ahead in this corportation.

Advice to Senior Management

Do not just look at the men in the company. Equal pay for same position not matter what the sex.

Pros

Good benefits package
Financially strong company

Cons

Micromanaging to the extreme
It's not what you know and how you perform, it's who you know
Leadership Development Program graduates are favored in every aspect
Impossible sales goals - can only be met if you are in a high volume branch
Employees are not valued and must perform like robots; very heavy scripting on what you must say to clients
No ability to make decisions as a manager; they tell you you run the show but you really don't

Advice to Senior Management

Ease up on the micromanaging; you have great employees but you're suffocating them!
Nobody needs to be a robot; let us get to know the clients and build rapport naturally. Scripting should be a GUIDE.

Pros

Security of Job and company

Cons

Poor Middle Management and direction

Advice to Senior Management

Weed out those who are just there to keep a seat warm

Pros

Very good training program. 401 after the first year, pension, paid vacation and more.

Cons

Work on Saturdays, a lot of sales.

Advice to Senior Management

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