Toxic people, toxic culture - Team Leader Bank Australia Employee Review

1.0
21 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The training throughout the start of your role is as good as the training team is able to make it with their limited time.

Cons

Constant micromanagement, you can’t go more than 30 minutes without being checked in on as a leadership team, or individual. Talk of engagement and how to keep staff, while not listening to staff and doing nothing to curb the overly toxic work culture prevalent from the top in the contact centre. High attrition means experienced staff are in low supply. Feels like the blind leading the blind when it comes to new staff coming onboard. Lack of time for people leaders to lead their teams, and are mostly used as a support team to answer questions staff have while on calls. Inability to coach and develop the people is one of the major reasons staff are leaving. Constantly implementing sly punishments to try to retain staff (Eg. Refusing references so staff can’t find new roles) Externally the bank shows it cares about people and the environment but internally very few staff agree with these values.

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5.0
4 Jan 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- friendly and approachable leadership team - great culture, flexible work, minimal politics - amazing people working there - great opportunities to learn and grow - responsibility is given if you prove you will deliver - feel like you can have an impact

Cons

- lack of rigour and discipline around individual performance, salary reviews and no bonus strucure

2.0
2 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good team of people, if you enjoy navigating difficult customer interactions this is the job for you

Cons

Customers are generally abusive and angry - mostly due to poor system design, policies and products. The understaffing doesnt help this. Management can be condescending and QA unnecessarily harsh and sometimes plain wrong. Training felt inadequate for the tasks that were expected of me. Forced overtime. Don't expect to be able to move on/up from the call centre in your first 2 or 3 years here.

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