Brookline Bancorp Reviews

Pros

Great co-workers who are willing to go out of their way to help
The customers are the biggest priority
The bank continues to expand rapidly which will result in more career opportunities
Work/Life balance
Competitive Salary

Advice to Management

Begin putting more focus in startup companies

Pros

Small public bank; successful commercial lender.

Advice to Management

Don't want to be judgmental please!

Pros

Extremely flexible, great pay, near lots of conveniences

Advice to Management

Become involved! Learn what your employees do. Do not allow your employees to troll Facebook for 5 hours a day while other are slammed with work. Don't EVER tell your employees to lie on your companies survey because they will be weeded out and punished! Do not speak horribly about your boss to your employees! Tacky, Tacky, Tacky

Pros

Great Benefits, salary was ok but not up to Boston area standards

Pros

Small company can get things done efficiently and take market share from the big boys. Compensation is in line with competitors and senior staff has experience to teach junior staff with each department having their own strengths and weaknesses.

Advice to Management

Need to set achievable goals then measure and manage to them. Where are we going, how are we going to get there and what is that going to take?

Pros

Working at Brookline Bank was a great experience, especially as I was starting out my career after college. The company is small, so the experience I was able to get was very diverse. They pride themselves on being able to promote from within. I was able to move up through the ranks fairly quickly, so I'm very grateful. I would probably still be there if I hadn't moved across the country.

Advice to Management

Increase the compensation. The Boston area is expensive. Its a great company to work for, and staff will stay longer if they can afford to.

Pros

Hours were reasonable
Great people to work with

Pros

Good company with growth prospects; good colleagues

Advice to Management

Nothing worth mentioning

Pros

A generally positive environment with leadership that is more than capable, if not always completely understanding. Typically bearable to enjoyable co-workers, customer base, and policies represent a small, but growing financial institution on the upward trend.

Advice to Management

While progressing strongly and with certainty, be sure to keep recognizing the front line employees, who do the company the biggest service by not only retaining clientele, but actively recruiting new clients, both in accordance with the sales goals, as well as with personal contact unrelated to sales. A disinterested or incompetent facadecan hide even the best run corporation.

Pros

Working for a small bank allows you to know every employee in the company. It allows you to know exactly who you need to call and in what department. It also allows the company to be very agile. I also believe this company is set in stone to be in business for a very long time. It is one of the best capitalized banks in the area, and the management is very capable. Simply the fact that most employees of the bank have been here at least 5 years, even on the retail side, speaks for itself.

Advice to Management

When goals like two new branches per year are announced, try to stick to it. One full year without opening any branches, briefly after reinforcing the two branch per year standard is a bit confusing and frustrating.