Zions Bancorporation Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Zions Bancorporation as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Network, a good place to start your career, excellent working atmosphere, competitive salary rate, flexible working hours

Cons – I had a great experience working for them

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

Former Employee – worked at Zions Bancorporation full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Work flexibility (while it lasted). Lots of new technology whether the bank needs it or not. Good people to work with (until they leave). There are opportunities to learn and grow if you take the initiative to find them for yourself.

Cons – Horrible benefits. Inept management. No leadership at executive level. Zions Bancorporation and more specifically the IT organization has become a very toxic organization to work for. All decisions at the executive level are made based on the ego of one particular person. Technology fit and what is best for the organization take a back seat. It's disheartening to see millions (literally) wasted on unnecessary purchases when on the other hand we refuse to invest in things we need. This has led to a mass exodus of talent leaving a bunch of less than qualified people holding the bag. Oh, and did I mention the benefits are horrible?

They have recently kicked off a core replacement project that is already headed down the wrong direction. Steer clear when the project fails as they will be looking for people to take the fall for the failures of management.

I tried to stick it out hoping that it would get better but after years of only seeing things get worse I had no choice but to move on.

Advice to Senior Management – I don't think at this point there is any advice that would help management. They are either a key part of the problem or have their heads too deep in the sand to notice. Stop getting on quarterly conference calls and telling us that we have great health insurance. It's a lie and we all know it. It's insulting.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Zions Bancorporation full-time

Pros – cant think of any other then "at least you have a job'

Cons – the list is too long to list

Advice to Senior Management – You want your employees to stay longer, give them a raise that is bigger then 0.23/year

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Zions Bancorporation full-time for less than a year

Pros – Excellent People to work with, Management is professional, makes clear instructions and expectations.

Cons – Nature of this particular job is Redundant. Difficult to be at a computer all day doing the same thing day in day out.

Advice to Senior Management – Acknowledging the difficulties with expansion and manning problems and the need to quickly get tasks done--a better training program if implemented correctly would streamline the in-processing of new employees and provide a more thorough understanding from day one--vs. a prolonged training period--feeling like I'm floundering for over a month by asking the most basic questions.

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

Current Employee – been working at Zions Bancorporation full-time for less than a year

Pros – the people, and atmosphere is great.

Cons – not to many cons except for insurance packages.

Advice to Senior Management – they keep a very stable work environment.

Current Employee – been working at Zions Bancorporation full-time for more than a year

Pros – Emphasis on keeping employees includes lots of opportunities for training.

Cons – Health insurance is not good.

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

Current Employee – been working at Zions Bancorporation full-time for less than a year

Pros – - My direct managers are awesome, very helpful, supportive and always willing to listen to my ideas. Very much an "open door" place to work.
- Co-workers are very friendly and professional.
- Good teachers at the training center.

Cons – - The health insurance is not really insurance, the deductibles are so high it's a joke. Basically you just pay for all of your medical problems out of pocket, so either be young and healthy, or have your spouse work somewhere with normal insurance.
- Compensation is okay but definitely not a selling point.

Advice to Senior Management – - Long-term you are going to lose a lot of talented people over your health insurance plan, people want co-pays and 80/20 coverage. They don't want to have the nagging fear in the back of their mind that if they get hurt they are going to need a loan to cover their medical bills.
- Having a real training program for new hires would be nice, yes my on the job training was fine but having a structured program for the first few weeks would be great.

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

Former Employee – worked at Zions Bancorporation full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – * Good atmosphere
* Honest work environment
* Professional coworkers
* Management encourages professional development
* Management is approachable
* Very family oriented environment

Cons – * Compensation isn't competitive
* Growth opportunities are limited
* Retaining top young talent does not appear to be a priority
* Management does not encourage innovation in lending products

Advice to Senior Management – Compensation needs to be competitive and growth opportunities need to be made available to top young talent.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Zions Bancorporation full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Take employee feedback and try to make a better environment. There is always lots of support for employees and opportunities for growth.

Cons – Not an early adopter of new technology

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

Current Employee – been working at Zions Bancorporation

Pros – There are some fairly talented technicians here

Cons – Senior Management is in-experienced and do not really know what they are doing...

Advice to Senior Management – Start bringing in external management personnel

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company