Don't bank where you work. - Client Service Representative KeyBank Employee Review

1.0
Nov 19, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you happen by chance to work with great manager then working can be enjoyable. This might apply base on location, if you work at the branch with slow traffic that will give you a lot down time to catch up on your other works you need to do.

Cons

Customer service from phone support can be frustrating at time, a lot of time instead of helping the clients over the phone, they told the clients that they need to come to the branch to get their issue resolve. They hire you as at-will employment, meaning you can be fire for any reason to no reason at all. Apparently they can get terminate you not because you were doing anything wrong at work but because they didn't like your personal banking habit which they could accused you of violating prohibited conduct. Don't bank where you work, even you are a client with a lot money in the bank, as long as you are their employee, you could get treat as second-class citizen.

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Cons

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Pros

- 7% 401(k) match (although only funded once a year) - $500 Wellness credit to use towards a gym membership, new work clothes, college tuition and so on. - Not too pad when it comes down to PTO policy.

Cons

- Extremely old technology. - Bad products (it’s hard to sell when your products are simply bad). - Everything takes twice as long to happen at KeyBank (when it comes down to processes). Everything is manual, nothing is automated. - Commission pay is all over the place, extremely hard to understand and unreliable. There are so many rules about what qualifies for commission and what doesn’t that it’s hard to keep up. - As a licensed banker, you will compete with your non-licensed teammates for investment referrals. - Cheap company. Instead of hiring more people, they will use a Private Client Banker at the teller line if needed. - Banks open Saturday. - Paperwork for every single small thing. - Commission pay for licensed bankers is at the mercy of your Private Client Advisor. If they forget to add your name when closing an investment deal, you get nothing. It happens quite often in every single branch. - Expensive health insurance plans. - Not a lot of growth opportunities if you aren’t in WA or Ohio.

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