Job Title: Teller
Location: Middletown, Ohio
Submitted on: 05-Jun-04
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I have been working there for almost three months, and I think I've
gotten the grasp on the culture of the place. I get sent to different
branches often, especially since everyone is going on vacations now. It
depends on what town I'm working in how the people behave. Some
employees are really nice and down to earth, and others are real snobby
and holier than thou. And that attitdue rubs off on the people they
work with.
The bank is mostly white women. There are maybe six black people
employed, and a couple dozen men. The men are mostly in higher up
positions, which causes some concern about advancement for women. There
are some powerful women in the bank, but they have been with the company
for twenty plus years. It would probably take me two years before I
could get an advancement, and that would just be to head teller. And
another two years before another advancement, to branch manager.
The hours are simple. It's banker's hours. Be at work between 8:15 and
8:30 Mon-Sat, go home after five Mon-Thurs, after six Fri and at one
Saturday. Dress code is simple as well..business casual. Be
professional. Suit and tie for men, skirts and dresses or slacks and a
jacket for women. I had my review last week, and I was docked points on
my appearance. They commented that I needed to dress more professional
and less trendy. I'm nineteen and I don't think I should have to dress
like a sixty year old grandma at church. I think I dress more
professional than most of the people I work with. No open toe shoes,
skirts close to the knee, always wearing hose, jacket with pants..I
follow all that, but what I do right goes unrecognized, I guess.
But my mangers are flighty and are hardly ever in the office, so what
would they know? I think it would be so wonderful to come to work, and
never be at work. It would be great to be a manager so I can leave when
I want and not tell anyone, and just do whatever the hell I wanted to.
Once my manager had a seminar to attend, so a relief manager filled her
place. Manager A had left a stack of telephone messages for Manager B
to call back. Most were about loans and mortgages and the like, and
most were dated two months prior. And they wonder why they can only
close six loans a month..
But I will say that most of the tellers in the same position as I am are
fabulous. They often have to take up slack and work loads the
managers "forget" to do. They know the policies of the bank better than
managers and higher officials and they have to deal with the customers.
They do all the grunt work and get hardly any credit. I'm hoping
someone will think as highly of me as I do of some of these tellers.
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