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HTLF reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(149 total reviews)
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Bruce Lee

43% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

HTLF has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 149 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The HTLF employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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149 reviews
1.0
Jan 29, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Remote work life and made positive networking connections with former employees and honest current employees (planning their exit). Great health benefits.

Cons

Caution to anyone over the age of 35 and under the age of 70 years of age. If you are a retiree, former military, stay at home parent, former self-employed/entrepreneurial background or graduate student over 30, HTLF Bank only gives lip service regarding diversity. Disparaging milieu once your bosses, peers and subordinates find out via meetings you are in your 40s or retired from the armed forces for example. They treat employees in the customer care department who have a wealth of work and educational experience from age 35 and beyond as dinosaurs and relics who are an inconvenience to their workplace. Don't waste your time and energy if you are over 35. They don't value people who speak standard English and other languages either. I personally experienced ageism. I witnessed through emails to online meetings racism, bigotry, sexism and misogyny of colleagues and other employees. Employees on my team were the victims of racism and some sexism. If you speak out via email to Human Resources about the uncouth and disparaging behavior of racist employees then you are scrutinized and made to feel that you are a "problem" because you brought it to the attention of management and human resources about irrefutable racism and sexist actions and behavior. HTLF Bank really doesn't value critical thinking adults who try to foster an ethical and non-discriminatory workplace.

1.0
Nov 1, 2022

Toxic and dishonest

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexibility with limited oversight. Compensation.

Cons

Has to be one the most toxic work environments imaginable. CEO and exec management are dishonest and self serving. Exec leadership team lives in Philadelphia, Florida, Vail, Indianapolis, rural SE Minnesota, South Carolina, and Minneapolis, with only two living in Denver (where they are moving HQ). Execs are short timers milking the company until they can sell and get their change in control.

1.0
Mar 6, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It seems like a great opportunity but it’s not really. The VP you interview with isn’t the hiring manager. He talks about innovation and being creative. The VP you actually report to is a micromanager who has no idea as to what a good product looks like. This is a great place for someone who is new and wants to be told what to do all the time.

Cons

Untrusting micromanagers who don’t have a clue about how to successfully manage employees. You are given expert employees to work with and then management tells you not to trust them. It’s really messed up. There is one person on the team trusted by management and your opinion or experience doesn’t matter. This company is growing by acquisition and probably couldn’t grow by attracting more customers since their banking model is out of date.

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