Poster child for poor sales and risk practices - Anonymous employee Citizens Employee Review

2.0
29 May 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The branch colleagues and customers you interact with on a daily basis are exceptional. Many people in the branches try to do the right thing for the customers and the company.

Cons

As the goals continue to increase, branch colleagues are forced to sell multiple products of the same kind to customers who do not want or need them. This is evident in the customer satisfaction results and customer complaint logs. Multiple checking is the name of the game and customers do not like it. Family and friends open multiple accounts at the end of wach quarter so colleagues don't lose their jobs because they miss quota. Expectations are set to meet the inflated run rates of year's past which included many bad sales practices. Employee survey results are used as weapons against local management while executive management gets a pass on poor results and high turnover.

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Pros

Coming from a long time in the public service I was a bit nervous of the work pace, however it has been a great transition. The team and leadership supplied me with all the equipment and most of the programs I needed to get started on the first day. I have constant support for any of my ideas and my business insights even though I'm new to this industry.

Cons

The four day in office requirement is a bit much, though being new it is good to be in and meet colleagues. There seems to be a few different groups within the same business line that are working/competing towards the same project goal and the lower management are unaware the project was shared with other groups. Duplicity of the project has created a "my outcome is better" attitude.

3.0
4 May 2026
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Pros

The pros are the benefits, the pay could be higher for all that you learn and have to go through for ten weeks. They offer tuition assistance and opportunity for upskilling and advancing in such little time and the remote flexibility is great too

Cons

Management sucks and of course they have their favorites and then they have the people they target like myself. They micromanage bad and are quick to give you an occurrence for nothing. Their systems are so slow and then they blame you for being five ten minutes late logging in. They want you to tell them when you get up to breathe, go to the bathroom and they push for you to take calls and know boatloads of info after on 3 weeks of training. What they don’t know is that I will sue for any wrong doings or discrimination and I keep records of everything

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