Fifth Third Reviews

Pros

Good annual review process. Opportunities for promotion. Flexible. Starting salary for entry level positions. Exposure to senior management. Onboarding process.

Cons

Financial services industry. Concerns on competitive advantage v other banks. Political in some departments. Volatile stock and compensation tied to it.

Pros

Senior management has done a great job navigating the company through recent economic struggles. The people that work for the bank are very great to work with.

Cons

The compenstation is not competetive with other fields outside the banking industry.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep focused on the core values and keep working on removing the silos between departments.

Pros

opportunity to grow your portfolio

Cons

advancement and pay structure for current employees who work there way thru the system is not adequate

Advice to Senior Management

communicate

Pros

The bank holidays and paid vacation were nice. The benefits were okay but I have had better. It was as busy place.

Cons

Aggressive sales goals. That is all you heard, "sales, sales, sales!" They don't train you how to get the sales. Management basically harasses you if you don't meet your sales. The management cares nothing about employees who have worked there for a long time and are dedicated to their job.

Advice to Senior Management

Calm down with the sales goals for tellers. I understand refferal goals but come on! Tellers have a lot on their plate as it is. The sales goals are horrific!

Pros

Adequate training, clear pay structure, good benefits, friendly staff, and endless customers.

Cons

Promotions require more time than most companies regardless of performance.

Pros

Great training, very supportive, commissions on investment sales like no place else while on hourly as well

Cons

Sales driven, monthly goals are hard to hit

Pros

Personal growth and opportunity for advancement is good.

Cons

You have to be in your current role for a year for advancing.

Advice to Senior Management

The leadership team could give more feedback to its employees on a consistent basis.

Pros

Health benefits
Free Air Conditioning
Decent lighting

Cons

Zero training
Name on a wall
Technology is archaic

Advice to Senior Management

Business should not be run on the backs of your employees

Pros

Good benefit program within the company that affords the employee the ability to vary their choices of what benefits are chosen

Cons

Too streamlined of a culture - meaning that too much work is being carried out by too few people. Too many friends taking care of friends. Rare promotions from within.

Pros

Easy job to get if you can't get anything else.
Start earning paid time off right away - but it's very little.

Cons

Too little pay
Make you sell products and push their new accounts by offering commission but take a month to pay you the commission and then don't pay it to you if you leave before the pay out date, take more than 5 days to submit your sales, or if you manager forgets to approve your sales.
No respect from the customers.