A great company to start out with...but you're just another number as time goes by. - Personal Banker Wells Fargo Employee Review

3.0
Sep 21, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

For getting started out in the financial services industry, it offers a great training program and environment to quickly learn in. You experience 4-8 weeks of training and then the rest is on the job training or more like "learn as you go" Also, the benefits package is one of the best that I have seen and the 401K match is very nice. It's a multicultural company with people from many different ethnic backgrounds.

Cons

Your schedule is basically 6 days a week because of the extended hours. The sales goals are ridiculous. It's nearly impossible to achieve your bonuses and that is even with working very hard every single day for a quarter straight. If you are lucky enough to reach your bonus, it's very small and not worth the effort. In smaller cities, the opportunity for growth is limited with the main positions being, teller, banker, store manager. If you're in the bigger cities there are more opportunities. The pay is average compared with other banking jobs but it's hard to get raises and promotions and I've seen people get promoted because they had high sales numbers when that was only because the banker was "gaming" and doing things unethically but then got promoted.

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4.0
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Pros

Benefits (but cost creeping up and coverage creeping down each year), Good Morale Both Management and Coworkers, and Honestly a Great Company.

Cons

Cross Selling is the only focus now, firing employees who are great at their job in every area that should matter but if the cross selling results are not meeting the ever ridiculous quota (which continues to rise) than you may not have a job next month. Expectation for customers to say yes to cross selling, leaving you with no real control of your job security. Stress!

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