Hancock Holding Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Hancock Holding full-time for less than a year

Pros – Company with stability, integrity, work -life balance, on Forbes 100 most trusted companies, options for moving up and laterally, diverse culture; management challenges you to constantly improve

Cons – Still in a post merger hangover with the org chart changing frequently and old and new processes running simultaneously; some locations have old facilities with old bathrooms, offices are segregated rather than open planned; Many locations and two headquarters, which can present logistic difficulties, depending on your job function.

Advice to Senior Management – Management should back the emphasis on personal accountability and rewarding people based on merit through a mandatory and consistent goal setting process across the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hancock Holding full-time for more than a year

Pros – Geographic coverage of one of the highest growth markets for the next ten years.

Cons – Inexperienced management team at Hancock, relying on outside consultants to guide strategic movements

Advice to Senior Management – Trust internal staff, and hire other internal experts to help guide the company, stop relying on outside consultants. Your employees feel very un-empowered due to your extensive use of outside consultants.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hancock Holding

Pros – Stability. the bank has been around for a while and has a sound business model. Very friendly atmosphere. They do an excellent job in their role as a community bank and have a very good reputation in Louisiana and Mississippi. Their community bankers and commercial lenders are very involved in the community (particularly in organizations like Kiwanis and Rotary). For a community bank, Hancock is very well-capitalized. Working conditions are good. Everyone I knew in various MS and LA locations were gone by 5 or 6 everyday (speaking of corporate offices, not retail branches)

Cons – It's typical of a lot of companies with southern influences. "Good ole boy" managerial structure which makes advancement difficult for most. This might have been the case in my dept, but it is generally frowned upon to take time off that is given to you. In my dept, you were expected to be there between 8 and 5 and very little flexibility is given. Opportunities for internal advancement are generally given to those who "know people".

Advice to Senior Management – Make advancement and internal hiring a little more transparent. A sure fire way to bleed off talent is to turn ones job into a dead end.

Current Employee – been working at Hancock Holding

Pros – It's a financial institution with proven strenght and stability in this unsure market

Cons – It's a little stressful. More and more emphasis is being placed on cross selling and being a "one stop shop" for financial needs. Beginning to feel like a "jack of all trades and a master of none"

Advice to Senior Management – Take a look at expectations of Branch Managers and see if they are really achievable.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hancock Holding

Pros – Sense of community, bank customer leads, chances for career advancement

Cons – Lacks structured training, average benefits, lags in the technological area versus competition

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hancock Holding

Pros – great benefits package. Great opportunity working for a large regional bank. Growing and strong company. they do take good care of the empolyees and are loyal to employees.

Cons – middle mgt is week in some areas. Sometimes slow to react to problems before they get out of hand.

Advice to Senior Management – Unreasonalble goals set for empolyees to reach. Need to set more obtainable goals that at least 70 to 80 percent of employees can reach each year. It would be a positve and increase moral. There is no point in setting goals that our out of reach. They tend to mean nothing at that point to the employee. They start off knowing there is no way to make it. This causes undo stress also.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hancock Holding

Pros – The Employee are the best that they hire for the job.

Cons – Hancock Holding was a great place to work, but the work enviroment was stressful. The company also didnt have a balance.

Advice to Senior Management – Make it a more stress free enviroment

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hancock Holding

Pros – Strong company, Competent management. Decent pay.

Cons – Promotions are generally given on a political basis. It's more about who you know than what you know.

Advice to Senior Management – Seek more suggestions from the front-line employees on how to improve customer experience and customer retention.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hancock Holding

Pros – very well known and respected in the are with many great bosses and benefits with great pay and many days off to relax

Cons – very hard people to work with many different things to deal with so that it was very hard tell people what to expect and give people what they want

Advice to Senior Management – work on many better ideas to get things to work more better and bring in better people to ask advise and help better things

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend