BMO Harris Bank Reviews

Pros

Great benefits! - Health insurance - 401K with a 5% match and three year vesting - 401K Employer base contributions 2% with three year vesting period - Vision/Dental/Life/Disability - Amazing PTO Plan - Paternity Leave (yes you saw that right)

Cons

On occasion, it can be hard to work with some teams, but I don't know of any workplace that doesn't have this issue.

Pros

The people are smart and nice but like anywhere else, egos run strong.

Cons

There is a deep level of respect from coworkers in Canada and how they engage and work with Chicago colleagues. There is a “better than” northern attitude that is felt during meetings. The Canadian HR leadership team is almost 100% white women. Where is the diversity? - the health benefits package they provide in the US is expensive and the worst I’ve seen. If you are negotiating for a job at BMO in the US, add about $5k additional to accommodate the deductible and out of pocket max you will need to pay. Also, your benefits will only start during the open enrollment period so if you start mid-year, you’ll need to wait until EOY to get coverage. - There are a lot of technical issues with laptop connectivity, updates and with corporate cell phones. The help desk is unqualified and never resolves issues. You’ll spend 45 minute on hold, 45 minutes allowing them to problem solve and then them saying they can’t future it out so issues are escalated for another date. It’s apparent that BMO doesn’t want to spend too much money investing in good health coverage for US colleagues or excellent tech support for everyone. Where is all there money going to then?

Pros

Benefits, coworkers, general positive work environment

Cons

Hyper political and cliquey. Favoritism is big.

Pros

The company overall does seem to care for their employees.

Cons

As a teller you are required to push sales (70% of your performance rating) even though they claim we are only supposed to help the customer through “wholistic conversations”. Even if you reach 100% of your goal for the quarter or get over that you are VERY poorly compensated for the amount of sales you created that they pushed for.

Pros

Pay is ok, work is normally not too demanding but sometimes weekends or late hours have to be worked.

Cons

Management is stuck in the past and resistant to change although they pretend they aren’t by touting culture and whatever slogan of the year it happens to be. WFH or remote work is frowned upon (except when mandatory due to covid restrictions). Promotions come at very set times and there’s not much to do to differentiate. Overall it has never been a place I enjoy working, it’s just pretty boring work, but it’s an OK job.