KeyBank Experience - Relationship Manager KeyBank Employee Review

2.0
28 Apr 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The pay is decent and the benefits are great. Vacation time is great too. Some coworkers are fantastic, but most are just "lifers" that have become accustomed to the way Key does things.

Cons

KeyBank is just a miserable place to work. When I started, I was promised raises at certain intervals, exposure to all parts of the bank, and, potentially, paying for some grad school. That never happened. Clients routinely get taken advantage of. Key is known as "fee bank" for good reason. The online banking feature for customers accounts does not post correctly, so clients get o/d fees when they diligently kept track of their accounts. You just feel bad when your customers, who are good people, get "nickel-ed and dime-d". Its a bad representation upon myself. The sales pressure is annoying, even when you have made goals they bug you for more. They expect every one to put people into investments, although most rm's are limited to selling fixed annuities. Fixed annuities are definitely not in every clients best interest. Alot of the day to day work stuff reminds me of the movie office space.

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Cons

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Pros

Flexibility is what sells this place as a great place to work. Hybrid schedule, great PTO, no guilt trips for needing time off for family matters.

Cons

Your experience will vary greatly based on your manager. One asset manager can freely call in or wfh without worry where another AM may be reprimanded for the same. The insurance department is completely inept. Borrowers are constantly threatening to sue because our insurance dept management sucks. Very little training across most departments. Some people work very very hard, others dont work at all, there doesnt seem to be much oversight there. When a manager tells their employee "dont expect to get promoted next year" with no guidance or encouragement, you pretty much kill all motivation for that employee to do better. They will hire people as senior staff and pay them way more than their seasoned employees make, and then tell their seasoned employees not to expect a senior promotion.

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