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Matt Comyn
172 Ratings
Pros
"Culture; People; Work / Life Balance; Training" (in 179 reviews)
"Flexible working hours, fun evironment" (in 117 reviews)
Cons
"I have run into some red tape within the organisation that has halted work on projects (although it was finished with approvals)" (in 61 reviews)
"But the focus on work life balance helps manage these volumes" (in 22 reviews)
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"Great Place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Commonwealth Bank of Australia full-time
Pros
Friendly team and senior management, flexible, can work from home if a work laptop is obtained with manager approval
Cons
Opportunities to progress are not always transparent, may need to network a bit
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2019-03-11 02:55 PDT![Commonwealth Bank of Australia Logo]()
"Good place to work"
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I worked at Commonwealth Bank of Australia full-time
Pros
People, culture, career, promotion, work life balance
Cons
Risk management, complex decision making process
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2019-04-23 23:25 PDT![Commonwealth Bank of Australia Logo]()
"customer service representative"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Commonwealth Bank of Australia full-time (More than a year)
Pros
flexible working environment, various growth opportunities
Cons
high sales target and individual KPIs
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2019-04-17 21:13 PDT![Commonwealth Bank of Australia Logo]()
"Cool Place to Work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Commonwealth Bank of Australia full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great work culture
Fun people
Great progression opportunitiesCons
Banking industry is getting hammered with all these extra compliance checks following the royal commission
Advice to Management
Celebrate success more
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2019-04-18 05:45 PDT![Commonwealth Bank of Australia Logo]()
"customer service specialist"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Commonwealth Bank of Australia full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Plenty of internal opportunities within bank where you want move to another department
Cons
Sometime need to stand all day as customer specialist.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2019-04-16 18:45 PDT![Commonwealth Bank of Australia Logo]()
"Relationship Manager"
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I worked at Commonwealth Bank of Australia full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
flexible work arrangement, good system
Cons
not really any cons found
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2019-04-10 21:20 PDT![Commonwealth Bank of Australia Logo]()
"Manager"
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RecommendsI worked at Commonwealth Bank of Australia full-time
Pros
Lots of career opportunities in the bank.
Cons
Many stakeholders meaning it could be difficult to push projects through
Advice to Management
N/a
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2019-04-10 23:38 PDT![Commonwealth Bank of Australia Logo]()
"Benefits"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Commonwealth Bank of Australia full-time
Pros
Benefits, Perks, sick and annual leave
Cons
Long hours; 9-5pm but you do have the option for shift swapping
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2019-04-11 00:03 PDT![Commonwealth Bank of Australia Logo]()
"Analyst working in a centralised team servicing the whole of Australia."
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RecommendsNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (More than 5 years)
Pros
Development is highly regarded. Great training initiatives.
Cons
- High turnover
- Complexity of deals are not worth the salary paid
- Extremely political culture
- Lack of work/life balanceAdvice to Management
Technical skills is a must within the management space, not based purely on ‘people skills’
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2019-04-23 22:49 PDT![Commonwealth Bank of Australia Logo]()
"A good place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Commonwealth Bank of Australia full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Good flexible work arrangements
Nice offices
Some people manage to move around the GroupCons
Poor middle managers who don’t get moved on.
Flexible work arrangements are dictated by direct manager so arrangement depends on their attitudeAdvice to Management
Clear out managers who have had multiple complaints made about them
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 2019-04-24 02:51 PDT
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