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First Niagara Bank

Acquired by KeyBank

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Nice local bank with opportunity for growth. - Head Teller First Niagara Bank Employee Review

4.0
28 Feb 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you work hard and show that you care and are trying, you will do well and quickly move up in this bank. I think the bank does well with staffing and recognizing talent. Benefits are pretty good and a you get a good amount of time off! I think communication is pretty good in this bank. A lot of good management.

Cons

Just recently, the branch goals have become quite high and difficult to reach and a lot more pressure is being put on everyone. It seems that each year, there are major cut backs to budgets and also a significant amount of people are being let go and the rest are shuffled around. This is pressuring as well, that uneasy feeling of not knowing how long you will be employed for or what other changes are in store for you or the bank.

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5.0
28 Oct 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits and senior management all great

Cons

Other than working Saturdays no cons.

1.0
6 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Vacation time, Salary and Bonus at par with industry

Cons

No communication even though "transparency" is a frequently used word. Corporate values are a joke. Employees are not valued, no training and no career growth path. Areas are reorganized without notifying those that are affected, no published org charts that are complete or accurate, the only way you know who you report to is by looking at the phone directory. Too many chiefs and empire builders, overloaded with consultants. Too many people resistant to improving process and fully utilizing the capability of the software/systems being implemented. Many of us believed we would have the opportunity to significantly improve the technology and methodology to bring the environment into the 21st century, but IT has done a near 180 degree turn in the wrong direction with the current leadership. Very disappointing, one of the worst organizations I have ever worked in.

4
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