Good business but lacks some governance - Anonymous employee Leader Bank Employee Review

3.0
Aug 15, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice small bank with warm people.

Cons

Mini India and almost all are related to somebody or the other—probably all H1s just below the threshold that would warrant a review. Management donates a lot to HBS, all three of owners kids went to Harvard, I bet they didnt have stellar GMAT/GPA or even write their own essays. And they get to be execs. Still a lot of paper is used. I have seen sensitive information (ssn etc) just lying around. If you know somebody in management then you could get better rates than normal public would both on loans and deposits.

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Cons

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