Fhlb Chicago Reviews

Pros

-good compensation
-flexible working hours
-accommodating management to school hours
-depth of experience opportunities in all areas of bank

Cons

-sometimes too laid back
-ability to get lost if you are not self-starting, proactive, and voice your wants/needs
-possibly repetitive if you do not take it seriously and proactively

Advice to Senior Management

-clarity of communication across business lines
-keep looking for ways to increase moral at staff level

Pros

Great benefits, salary, beautiful location, some nice people. The small number of employees allows for plenty of stretch assignments, and there is an incredible tuition reimbursement program.

Cons

Very cliqueish at the top levels of management. If you're in with the in crowd, or considered a "darling" of one of the annointed, you will have a very nice bonus year after year. Lots of creative hiring or "re-engineering" to elevate or bring in cronies with no job postings or legitimate interviews.

Advice to Senior Management

Follow through on commitments to employees.

Pros

stable, appropriate pressure level and able to learn some new stuff

Cons

not much growth in career

Advice to Senior Management

keep their recent work

Pros

Good benefits
reasonable fixed hours of work
not a very stressful environment

Cons

Some coworkers still live in a different era, when nothing is more urgent than a lunch break

Advice to Senior Management

Use the same standards of work ethics and effectivenes to all emplyeyees, young or old.
Eliminate office politics

Pros

wonderful culture and the employees work as a team. The firm remains a wonderful place to work and stay for a career

Cons

Health coverage. Some areas of technology.

Pros

Good income
Good technology
Some Helpful People

Cons

Politics
Lack of Communication
Equality

It seems like there was a wide gap between those 'in the know' and the workers. Information is currency. Certain people liked to be worshiped.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't let ego's rule the company culture

Pros

The majority of the people are very friendly and easy to get along with.
Gives you a look at an interesting part of finance not many people understand

Cons

Intern program was pretty unorganized
No steady work flow, some weeks were really busy while others were dead
Was not much of a "rotational" program as they had described it

Advice to Senior Management

It seems as though management is reluctant to hand over some of their work load to the people who are there to support them.

Pros

Its highly unlikely the company will ever fold as its government sponsored. Also the people are generally pretty friendly and easy to get along with.

Cons

Some of the lifers or people who have been here for many years are resistant to change. Although many of them have left the company, they still have the ability to drag us down.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue the recent changes in the way they communicate with the employees and keep being as transparent as possible.