Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Reviews

Pros

The benefits rock, with every other friday off!

Cons

The travel is a bit.

Advice to Senior Management

no advice really.

Pros

good compensation, benefits, and work/life balance

Cons

The job was very stressful, much more than I expected. Most team members felt rushed to learn new and difficult concepts. At times, we were expected to perform duties without prior adequate training. This led to unfair evaluations. We also felt disrespected by the team leader and felt we had no voice. I would hope this is not the case for everyone, but this was my experience.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide an environment where team members can give constructive feedback while learning without fear of a negative outcome

Pros

They provide great benefits and pay.

Cons

senior management not in touch with employees and the job. Not proactive.

Advice to Senior Management

See whats in front of you and reactive. We may not be in the mess we are in if you had.

Pros

great benefits
every other friday off which is great, also can work 4 10s instead
travel expenses were well covered

Cons

there is a lot of travel involved. there seems to be a decent amount of overturn when women start to have children

Advice to Senior Management

management was good. they were concerned about how people did and considerate of their travelling. i enjoyed the lessons i learned

Pros

Interesting work and good work/life balance.

Cons

Performance pay is limited as you are working for the government

Pros

Great flexibility, Strong Work Life Principles, good benefits, time off, sick leave and ability to develop technical skills in any banking discipline.

Cons

The government attitude tends to slant toward mediocrity where high performers are not well rewarded and low performers are protected. Bias toward reactionary view of decision making as opposed to being proactive. Critical decisions are slow to execute as the level of review can be very layered.

Pros

I don't know anyone who has better job!

Cons

Lots of travel, people entrenched in positions, some apathy

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work?

Pros

1. High compensation
2. Highly competent colleagues
3. Modern IT system
4. Exciting work

Cons

1. Unfair promotion decisions, some of questionable legality
2. Terrible senior management in the law department

Advice to Senior Management

Treat women more fairly.

Pros

The OCC has great pay, benefitis, every other Friday off, 10 banking holidays, fairly good opportunities for promotions and the job itself is satisfying.

Cons

There is a lot of political BS when you work for a government agency, the first 5 years theres no career opportunities for growth until you pass your commissioned exam.

Advice to Senior Management

Place people who have good managerial skills in management positions and not just individuals that are technically sound. They dont neccesarily make the best managers. Also consider being much more flexible in allowing individuals to move to other parts of the district.

Pros

Great pay. Base pay of 47,700 + Geo Pay. For San Francisco this equals 61,000. Insane benefits including free dental/vision, 85% health insurance premium paid, and a flexible work schedule allowing 4 day weeks. All this plus interesting, challenging work.

Cons

Travel. 50-70% in San Fran and many other locations. >70% travel during 8 month training.

Advice to Senior Management

So far management seems great.