The reputation hasn’t been great, so was it desperation or something else? No judgment, just trying to understand the mindset of newer folks.
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I came chase. The five day a week mandate was heavily policed, they don’t pay well and feel you are lucky to have them on your resume. All work places are going to have their downfalls but U.S. Bank way more relaxed than Chase/WF/Citi and comp is way more fair.
Nailed it! Petty is the keyword here. That is all I see from executive leadership and middle management. So well said about the reasoning behind a task becoming a motivation to do a job well, which is unfortunately dying in corporate America at lightning speed.
"@js Having worked in a mine, a factory, and a meat processing facility in the past, it's far easier to ..." (see below to read more of this gem of a post)
I call her the "non-CEO" as she is yet to show any leadership or executive behavior.
@v5 first step is firing leadership, specifically CEO and the steering committee.
@rx Right! I'm 100% with you on that. Does it need to be that way? No. The first steps to changing the way things are are 1. recognizing what's happening. and 2. believing that change is possible.
We can argue it’s U.S. Bank— they don’t care about people, that it’s all politics and greed. But it’s not just U.S. Bank its corporate America. Times have changed. The days of landing a job at a big company, keeping your head down for a few years, and eventually building a high-earning career? Those days are over.
@js Having worked in a mine, a factory, and a meat processing facility in the past, it's far easier to detatch yourself from your work in those types of jobs and just do the job, and I get to leave the job there rather than bringing it home. I can work hard physically, getting exercise, sometimes blowing off steam in the process. As a knowledge worker, I need to be present, I need to understand the broader technical and political ecosystem, I need to watch people for their tells that they're about to do some kind of political move that's going to make my life harder, all while obeying arbitrary, pointless rules designed to make people who are making 10-20 million a year feel more powerful. I can't leave my work at work, I'm on call for whenever my manager gets a bug up his a-s, because he can't function on his own, or answer any of his own questions. I need to make time to exercise because I spend 4 hour stretches sitting on teams calls not moving. At mines and factories, I know why I need to tuck in my shirt and keep my hair tucked into my hat. I know why I need to be in a place at a certain time, and unless I have a petty manager, they just want to hit production quotas, the rest of it is not as important. At US Bank, it's all petty. It's all politics. It's all pagentry. Respect is expected to flow in one direction. The upsides are pay and benefits, and those keep decreasing. Honestly the way things are going, 2 more years of frozen pay and I'll be better off going back to that type of work.
People make working for U.S. Bank sound like working at a sla-ghterhouse or roofing on a hot August day. Has anyone here ever worked in manufacturing? IMO 75% of jobs in the country are significantly less desirable than a job at U.S. Bank. I acknowledge things were better before but to act like it is bewildering why someone would want to work for U.S. Bank is nonsensical.
@gc No, it's a valid question, and worth asking why people work here. Understanding that U.S. Bank is no longer a career destination is something that I think is both worth noting and something that upper management is intentionally doing. Cutting benefits, cutting the highest performers in layoffs, freezing raises and promotions, requiring backfills to be downleveled, not investing in valuable training and instead focusing on checking a box to say that you're upskilling your workforce, all of these things contribute to the decimation of the efficacy of the workforce, making U.S. Bank a place where people only go to work because they need to pay rent, a mortgage, in the short term, rather than a place that people remain long-term.
Simple, more money
you sound privileged - there are thousands of applicants for a single job listing, yet you are here lamenting on why someone want to work here. Because they want to work!
I was laid off and need a new job while I continue to job hunt.
position I applied for was thru a contracting firm and company was not listed. but once I figured out it was U.S. Bank I gave it a shot. of course now that I realize the mess I am working on getting out. knowing what I know now I wouldn't apply to another role
I just needed a job. I know it's not much of a place for a career now based on the office atmosphere but I probably just use this time to find something else in the next couple years
I just closed all of my accounts there.
Gotta start somewhere, IMO.
Mindset of new folks: I was laid off at Wells Fargo/JPM/BofA/Citi and need a job.