Harris Bankcorp Reviews

Pros

One of the major benefits to working at Harris Bank is their benefits package and work done for the community.

Cons

A very disappointing part of working there was that the technology is outdated. There's more advanced systems out there that could make work more efficient.

Advice to Senior Management

More acknowledgment of achievements and better coaching. Also, the training process could further be streamlined by providing more hands on one-on-one coaching.

Pros

The benefits and holiday packages are good. The vacation package was good but policy changed this year for new employees decreasing this benefit.

Cons

Promotions are entirely based upon how long you have worked at the company and who you know.
Promotions are not in any way based upon your abilities or hard work. There is absolutely no training program of any sort for the employees. Technology is extremely old and obsolete, I was using virtually the same software/equipment 20 years ago in another bank.

Advice to Senior Management

There is a lot of deadwood that must be cleared in middle management. Many of the managers I have encountered are extremely resistant to change and have no people skills.

Pros

Holiday package is one of the best, but then again bank holidays are great to have for days off.

Cons

Management is all about who you know for jobs

Advice to Senior Management

It'snot about who you kno, it about the person getting the job done.

Pros

Nice supervisor. Plenty of freedom, and lack of micro-managing. Relaxed environment.

Cons

Lots of procedures and protocols to learn.

Pros

Good work/life balance, nice benefits

Cons

Not to many Internal opportunities to grow within

Pros

Great history, great name, best customer service in the industry, and some of the best employees in the industry as well to work with.

Cons

All companies are political, however Harris is beyond ridiculous in determining who gets promoted and who gets raises. We promote middle management on a basis of how well you know your boss and how unlikely you will be to be able to take their position over.

The Small Business segment in particular is losing people at an alarming rate for a newer program and with pay so poor for back office and front line personnel, top people and managers will be the next to start leaving. Small Business executive has almost no leadership ability and pays based on experience as opposed to proven results. No matter whether you are at the top or the bottom, your bonus seems to be the same.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay for performance, otherwise risk losing top people and good managers. Small business currently rewards mediocrity while holding no reward for high performance.

Pros

Large Company
Great Benefits
Advancement Opportunities
Several Locations
Nice Red Marketing

Cons

To many changes at once without clear direction
No Work Life Balance
Merit promotions due to worth not years
Human Resources has to honor and respect FMLA, Age and Honesty with employees

Advice to Senior Management

Streamline the vision of the organization
Revisit at Human Resource to verify they are adhering to policies (EEOC).
When management asks for honesty, expect honesty and do not hold it against the employee

Pros

Competitive pay, lots of opp for growth

Cons

arhcaic technology, low commision, slow to promote

Pros

Pay,benefits, good managers good employees

Cons

Strict, push you to hard to reach goals

Advice to Senior Management

Hard

Pros

Compensation is good, benefits are great. Customers are generally easy-going as Harris has somewhat of a community bank feel, despite its size. The job is easy.

Cons

Advancement is based almost entirely on the amount of time you've worked there. The payscale system is set up so that it's nearly impossible to jump ranks. You have to work your way up one step at a time. The payscale also lends itself to promoting people who don't necessarily deserve it. New ideas and initiative play second fiddle to the status-quo.

Upper management seems oblivious to what the competition is doing outside of Bank of America and Chase. It doesn't matter if smaller banks are innovating and taking away market share, BofA and Chase seem to be the only banks Harris tries to compete with.

Technology is awful. We look up account info on 25 year old software. Everything else lags behind other banks by at least 7 years.

Advice to Senior Management

Look at what other banks are doing. There are smaller banks that offer better products and much better technology and Harris could be left in the dust.