PNC Financial Services Group Reviews

Pros

Ethical, customer focused, life balance for employees is important. Many benefits, personal, family & financially , education-wise

Cons

Struggle with fully staffing area branches ( but it is a pandemic...

Pros

Can move around between teams Can be laid back on some teams Can use newer technology

Cons

My first team was excellent and was fun to work with but the growth wasnt there. I got asked to join a new project that would get me closer to working with automation. I had 1 week to train for 4 months worth of training. We were thrown into a group with no test lead to help guide us on best methods. My team wanted us to do 100 point sprints with 3 unexperienced testers. PNC raises are horrible. I was given 2 promotions in 2 months but my pay increased 1.5%. On top of that you dont get the titles of your promotions till the next year. My new team disrespected me often and expected us to churn out work and cut corners to get it done. The training isnt great and you can be blocked from moving around. Every team I have been on I've had to specialize and couldnt move around. To get answers from higher ups can take weeks if not months. On top of the weak pay raises, you will have to suffer through emails bragging of the net billions of dollars of income they get that year and on top of that deal with the far left politicalization of PNC shoved down the throat.

Pros

Excellent employee benefits DE&I initiative Vacation time separate from sick time, PTO is not combined Employee resource groups Branch employees have structure & clear expectations which allows them to be successful Cross-market communication is good Flexible work arrangements available for qualifying positions Pension 401(k) match Most lines of business or job roles offer plenty of career growth opportunities Tools & resources available to help employees grow their career with PNC

Cons

Branch hours are long and branch environment can be stressful Some lines of business have little streamlining among business processes (compliance aside which is very consistent). This can be very frustrating and time consuming when you are searching for a solution, an answer, or various other scenarios. Certain positions in some lines of business offer little career growth

Pros

Opportunities for transfer and training (if you have a manager supporting your development). Competitive salary. Some employees can work remotely depending on the roll and personality of your manager. Very inclusive of all races/genders/etc. Insurance for domestic partners. Adoption assistance.

Cons

Any roll you have is only as good as the manager you report to. I held 4 positions for over 10 years and the manager makes the job. Several of the managers I worked with/for were deceitful. I was there several years before I realized that a daily journal needed kept in order to have any advancement of salary or position. The "Peter Principle" seems to be alive and well. You are treated like a number. Widget goals and goals in general especially in any branch or sales related position. Upper management seem unaware of any work done "in the trenches". Negotiate your salary well. There is a reason "bankers" jump from one bank to another and back again. I even had a manager advise me to quit and reapply after 6 months!

Pros

Good internal training and development program. They try to allow the employee to direct their development and guide them through the process.

Cons

Too many moving components to the bonus plan that seems to create a forced limit on the bonus a person is eligible for. There is a 10% internal cap to a person's salary when moving to a different position (or they will place you at the base rate for that position). People coming in from the outside are able negotiate higher salaries than loyal employees that are seeking upward mobility.

Pros

comfortable working environment Large team Great Benefits

Cons

orientation and training ,Knowledge transfer was like wasting time, I am not using that knowledge in my team

Pros

Pay is not all that great. No raises.

Cons

The company had become to big for their morals. They force their employees to push sales . Credit Card and Investments. Calls every day and non stop chain emails asking about our “success” of we did not make the big sale in a investment referral/qualified referral then the regional manager came down hard on the staff. When the customers tell us they are not interested in a product, we have to still our best to push the product. Call customer back in a few days to try and sell the products to them. At PNC is doesn’t matter how great of an employee you are; a lot of us carried a perfect 10 in our customer survey scores along with meeting our revenue credits. Even though those qualities and goals were met if you were not a friend to the regional then you were still looked down upon. PNC does not Live up to their mission statement. They are I think that is too big and only cares about the sales not the customers and not their employees. If you look you will notice a lot of branches have either closed or change to cashless or have that other employer is gone due to Lack of proper management. If you like to go to a job where you are beaten up every day and stressed for your full eight hours then go to PNC. If you’re looking for a career with great management, advancement within, and support from upper managementThen I strongly advise you stay clear from PNC Bank