What once was great...is now sad and defeated - Human Resources Citizens Employee Review

2.0
7 Dec 2014
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Pros

Citizens was once a strong community bank and its best asset were the people. This is still the case - although there are very few of them left.

Cons

All of benefits have been stripped down to bare bones. HR "spins" that these cuts are to make the company competitive. The salaries are far below marketplace and if you are interviewing make sure to ask about the percentage they have paid out the bonuses over the last few years. Over the past few years this has become a really sad place to work. It is unfortunate as there are some good people still there but most of the people who are ambitious and A Players have left. If you are interviewing be very wary and make sure you probe on the morale and leadership of the department you are joining.

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5.0
5 May 2026
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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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