Santander reviews

Absolutely terrible. I came from another bank where the roles were well carved out and everyone in the branch knew who serviced what type of customers. Santander tempted me with a higher salary. I made the mistake of going over. My branch manager was awful and colluded with the other banker behind my back. I was spied on so she could ride me about cell phone use, being one minute late (literally) to a branch that experienced very little foot traffic. District manager who knew nothing about actual sales said I should avoid the casual conversation I used (which proved effective considering I booked over $3 million at my other employer) and use this canned crap on an excel sheet. Was this a joke? You are micromanaged down to the minute where they review your microsoft calendar constantly. All in all, if I was serious about staying in the industry I would have left a week or two after experiencing Santander culture. Stay far, far away from this place.

1. Institutional instability continues. Three CEOs in last 21 months. Each time a change, new guy brings in his people with no institutional loyalty or commitment to existing employees; If considering a job, ask why the person left and how many bosses the hiring manager has had in the past 4-6 years. Likely answer will be 4-6 bosses. Significant employee turnover and customer runoff. 2. HR is horrendous. Autocratic expense control group that provides no support to the business in hiring or retaining staff. 3. CCAR : Company has failed CCAR process past two years. A third failure could result in much more serious consequences. 4. Inferior products and systems