It’s pretty simple, this place just never inspired me to do my best work. My advice, there are plenty of opportunities in this Bank, find someone you respect and work your way into their organization. There are some great managers and a whole lot of cr-p and sociopathic managers, I’ve seen it all. Take charge and leave for a different department or different company. Life is too short my friends, find something, someone, or something that inspires you.
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I hope the young employees who came to the bank in the last few years for tech training have either left or are working on their resume. You can increase your pay by 40% and work in a positive work environment. You will be valued and treasured, unlike what you experience today. The only way to increase your pay is to job hop.
I’ve been at us bank since 2022 and when I came in it was really refreshing and seemed different like they actually cared, I actually for the first time I’ve felt like I could be here long term at a job for once and I loved it when I first came in, but over the last year to 6 months it’s really taken a turn for the worse. Upper management is changing expectations at every point and corner and contradictory to what they said previously. They don’t treat you like a person anymore you’re just a number to them. A larger amount of those who I spoke to have felt this shift recently and it’s just become all around really bad. The stress and amount of cross training you do is not worth the 50 cent raise they give you every year. It definitely feels like they’re intentionally turning things around to clean house and get ready for layoffs so they can get people to quit without paying out severance. One of the perks I fell in love with this job was the flexibility. A lot of people know it as my time or early leave. They took those, my time has now become so competitive compared to what it used to be you can rarely get it and early leave has completely vanished. My own manager has been one of the best I’ve had in my working career however I feel the upper management above have just been micromanaging everyone including the managers. It’s just become a very passive aggressive, toxic environment, and I feel I’ve finally hit the point where I’m looking through this horrible job market to find else where. It’s reassuring to hear others have left and found happiness in their new positions and companies. Just needing to vent this frustration cause it’s been a long time coming. Usually before they were always welcoming to feedback but they pushed it back from quarterly feedback for us to now semi annual, which will be a whole book once I get mine. But I’m overall pretty sad it’s had to come to this, the bank at one point became such a secure place for me but that job security also went out the window recently. I’m hoping with the new CEO things will turn around and the culture may go back to it’s original place where people could flourish but highly doubt it.
Leaving USB was the best thing for me. I mourn the loss of what I thought the company was, but am so much happier as a person and employee being away from the toxicity. I was a lifer that recruited other lifers, I get the commitment some of you have. Find your happy and don’t let them steal your best years.
Honestly us bank is f up towards their customers, they don't treat them right, also they don't even treat me right either pretty soon all the us banks are going to shut down their at at least 16 locations in Oregon that is suppose to shut down by by the end of April, out of 12 of them 3 are shutting down in Portland, clackamas, and gresham.
They don’t give one f about the people that work for them now. We’re just an expense to them nothing else.
I totally understand. I gave U.S. BANK the best that I could, and I had a micromanager that claimed that she was for you were really against you.. the pay isn’t that great for all they require you to do. Becoming a customer service representative. You will be trained in every other department to do their work too, but that’s not stipulated when you first get the job so $20 an hour isn’t enough.. so I do agree with you. Find another financial institution to work for.
I know that feeling so very well.I work for Hallcon Renzenberger Inc a Taxi Service for the Railroad BNSF and Union Pacific Railway. But the Dispatcher and some site manager who was there working at the time. They were so Hostile towards the Drivers and especially some Railroaders they think that they are God's gift to the Railroad industry.
Those of us that have been around for a long time are genuinely sad to see the direction the bank has taken. It used to be a great place to work with what felt like a lot of opportunity. Now there's no job security and executive management stopped treating employees like people. We're simply expenses. With that said, I will probably hang on until they eventually lay me off because letting go of the benefits packages to start over somewhere new is just not something I care to do.
I wish they'd listen to us. They could make a lot of really great changes in company culture if they cared just a bit about their employees.
I worked there for over 10 years on 2 different occasions. I learned do much from their training and that is really where I built my sales and leadership skills. I had great leaders and was given some great opportunity. When I can back after leaving for 5 years I actually thought I was going to retire there. I loved it. In 2018/2019 they started laying off senior management so if i thought I was next in line that set me back 5 or so years. I wasn't looking but an opportunity dropped in my lap and I took it. It paid off because I was FastTrack to the C suite in 4 years. Going back to US Bank, I'm glad I left because 2 years after the first layoffs there were more.
In terms of products and services they are really good. HELOCs always stood out to me as being one of the best and I know for a fact they are always making sure they are not taking advantage of their customers. Especially after the wells incidents. But I always think it's who you get because not every employee is the best so that can make it break an experience. Overall I really think they are one of the most solid institutions.
I've been with u s bank for ten years . I've been there very happy being there.
Coming from the world bank of america with all their fees, wells fargo, huge lines never a line at US Bank. During the pandemic.
To help people, they gave out 3% loans, personal, no collateral.
I've been a US Bank customer for almost 6 months now. It's been good so far. No major issues. I like that the ATMs are free at my local 7-11. They even rewarded me $400 after a few months of getting direct deposit. Free money is good. We'll see what the future holds with this bank. So far so good.
I had been thinking about closing three accounts there, now after reading all the replies and the initial post I have decided to do just that first thing Monday morning!
I was laid off there. Almost hit 10 years. Was the only fully remote team member and also happened to be the highest paid. Told it was for "expense reasons" .
They just wanted someone to do the job for 40% cheaper and they don't even know it.
You are a name / Data cell on an excel sheet. When the time comes, if you are below whatever line they draw , your loyalty, attitude, overtime , effort doesn't mean a thing.
Keep your options open. Update your resume at a minimum once every 3-4 months. File unemployment immediately.
I'm currently an employee there but I let my SM know that I'm just in a layover. I don't see myself there in the far future.
A sensible post for once. Glad you’re doing well and decided to find something that made you happy.