Santander reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(8,371 total reviews)
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Héctor Grisi

87% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Santander has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 8,371 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Santander employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jan 18, 2017

Risk

Recommend
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Pros

It's a decent place to work as long as you don't have any aspirations. Nepotism reigns king and all leadership roles go to Spanish employees. Some managers don't put any effort in carrying for their teams, and you will not learn anything new unless you go for it. Sometimes people stop you from doing the right thing. Practices are very inefficient. IT systems are older than those from the university you come from. We still use excel 2010

Cons

It will be expected from you to do extra work and responsibility, tough on the same pay. Very little internal opportunities, & people won't hesitate to stab you in the back. Benefits are very hard to get and you have to spend hours with HR over the phone if you need anything. If you are looking for competitive colleagues and a good camaraderie, this is the wrong place for you. The staff can be extremely uneducated in any topic and this will be a big stop for your career.

1.0
Dec 5, 2016

Terrible environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

offer generous PTO with the ability to purchase up to 40 add'l hours

Cons

constant sr mgmt churn, unsupportive peers and apathetic mgmt

1.0
Nov 26, 2016

Branch Manager IV, AVP

Recommend
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Pros

I struggle to say there are pros. I guess if you are looking to break into banking this will be a good fit. Lots of opportunities due to experienced, exhausted longtime employees exiting very consistently.

Cons

Constant shifting of direction. New CEO comes in and "let's throw this against a wall and see what sticks". They create a culture of fear rather than if teamwork. They switched to profit and loss performance bonus structure which is far too layered and hardly anyone trusts the numbers on the thousands of reports needed to discern them. Managers are no longer mangers. You are robots getting the tasks done that are ordered from State St. You get visits from management that are feared. You are coached constantly. You know your employees hate working there for far less than competitors. Very sad environment.

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