Synovus Reviews

Pros

Good work life balance, competitive benefits (except for vacation policy), most employees are happy and helpful to co workers. Hours and work location were flexible.

Cons

Pockets of incompetent management. Some people/areas seemt to have unlimited power, others just keep their heads down and go with the flow. Unfortunately, my boss took the seond approach.

Advice to Senior Management

Hold senior management responsible, and look at the areas where large numbers of people are leaving. Take the exit interview comments seriously.

Pros

- Family Oriented Bank
- Good benefits package

Cons

- Suffered during Financial Crisis

Pros

Work Life Balance
Benefits Package
Great People (for the most part)
Family Oriented

Cons

Had a very poor manager
Limited growth opportunities outside of Columbus, GA or other major market
Culture completely changed post downturn
Layoffs

Advice to Senior Management

Changes pushed from the top down destroyed the culture and moral at the local level. Most of the good people jumped ship because it became difficult to work with regional and corporate offices.

Pros

work/life balance empowerment flexibility benefits

Cons

technology, micro-mangement losing a sense of empowerment

Pros

Excellent work/life balance
Excellent coworkers

Cons

Pay is not competetive
Lack of training when compared to other banks

Pros

-great company culture
- accessible and helpful management

Cons

- company struggled through financial crisis

Pros

Good work environment, fairly stable, good job security (until recently atleast), no real push to be too sales intensive, use of suggestive sales

Cons

low pay, very little room for advancement, too much politics in the workplace plantation style managment , good ole boy culture,

Advice to Senior Management

Pay more, offer more room for advancement, don't use plantation management tactic to keep people in their jobs, too much politics

Pros

There is little to no drama here. It is a great company, and the management really cares about its employees. If you work hard and help out, the management will let you know you are doing a great job. If you need to take a personal day because something has come up last minute, you can do it. If you don't take all of your vacation, you can without fear you will be fire because you took all of it. The management truly cares about the employees. You can eat and drink at your desk and listen to the radio. You just need to do quality work and get it done on time.

There are a few committees including a rewards and recognition committee which hands out rewards each quarter as well as an events committee which comes up with fun events throughout the year.

Cons

They use to give raises every year, but it has become harder for the company after the mortgage crisis and the bad economy. There is also talk about layoffs recently.

Advice to Senior Management

Management is doing a good job overall. They treat all team members with respect, and they make you feel like an important part of the company. In these bad economic times, all we can do is try our best and hope it all works out. I appreciate the actions management has taken to try to preserve our jobs. One manager at our location took on additional responsibilities of 2 extra positions so that if there are layoffs, not as many people would be let go.

Pros

Good work life balance overall.

Cons

Too old fashioned. A little bit slow in picking up industry trends. No one ever tells you you've done well. You are not noticed outside your bank. I

Advice to Senior Management

Please notice your employees on the everyl level. The frontline is your best sales force. They need encouragement if not pay, due to the economy.

Pros

Synovus as an overall company is a decent place to work. Salary in the market where I live at Synovus is better than some other financial institutions in same market area..

Cons

In my market managment is lacking fairness, confidence, and true supervisory skills. Passive- aggressive, and non confrontational. Lacking tact and specific communication skills.

Advice to Senior Management

Communication with ALL employees across all job positions. Take every opinion and learn from it. Open more lines of communication between the front line and corporate positions. For some - they need sensitivity counseling. Learn how to handle delicate situations in a better fashion.