First National of Nebraska Reviews

Pros

-Private company with access to senior management and ownership
-Excellent brand recognition in major markets
-Opportunity to gain broad and deep experience across functions and segments
-Strongest capital position in the history of the company

Cons

-Tough regulatory environment with increasingly difficult standards
-Independent operating companies do not yet fully leverage opportunities for synergy although significant progress has been made

Advice to Senior Management

Many strides have been made to bring the company closer to a unified vision, strategy, and operating company. However, we have a long way to go here and two things must improve for us to achieve our full potential-1) Improved clarity and coordination of communication, and 2) Leveraging and retaining our most talented people for our most significant opportunities.

Pros

get more money than a teller
usually get your own office
good customer service learning experience

Cons

this position is for a young employee to overwork them for crap pay
the company has almost no growth. you have tons of responsibility like opening and closing the branch you need to be responsible for all teller overrides which makes you liable for any new teller mistakes. while still having sales goals. very stressful job

Pros

Great culture that provides a nice balance between work and personal time.

Cons

Somewhat limited opportunities for advancement in certain areas

Advice to Senior Management

Keep providing transparency about how the bank is doing

Pros

management of tellers. good work. fun atmosphere. great leaders work for the bank. many available resources

Cons

Long hours are required to work each day.

Advice to Senior Management

Apply

Pros

Great work life balance, decent benefits, great peers

Cons

poor communication from management, industry regulations seem to drive the business decisions more than strategy, politics

Advice to Senior Management

Develop more strategy

Pros

Strong, Stable Company. Locally-owned and operated.

Cons

Management is not open to new ideas. They claim to want them but would rather you adhere to their ideas.

Advice to Senior Management

Be open to new ideas

Pros

They give you responsibility and teach you a lot

Cons

As an intern, I had a lot of downtime

Advice to Senior Management

give interns more experiences with the entire company