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For consumers and businesses and all customers, First Merchants Bank delivers uniquely attentive service across a broad range of financial services. As a community bank with a strong positive reputation, we approach all customer relationships with a genuine “helping you prosper” service approach. read more
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Good experience with lots of advancement opportunities.

What do you like best about the leadership team?

Generally straightforward and honest communication from them

What are some of the best things about your team?

Very selfless, and committed to their work

What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

The people here are the best part

What makes you most happy at work?

Getting to help others in the company

What do you like best about the leadership team?

Their overall Community Focus in what they do

What do you like best about the leadership team?

Commitment to vision within the company

What do you like best about the leadership team?

Strong commitment to the community

What are some of the best things about your team?

Passionate, hard working people who care about their clients

What does the leadership team need to get better at?

Paying Market Wages to employees

What does the leadership team need to get better at?

Better internal communication and alignment of different business areas

What's going wrong and how can it be improved?

Poor compensation, and systemic disorganization need to be fixed

Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

FMB has a long history of compensation that is well under the market.

Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

More compensation in line with the market would make myself and many others feel better

What's going wrong and how can it be improved?

Communication is terrible. Important information is being relayed late, and is often relayed in a disingenuous manner.

Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

lack of Cost of living raises in an inflationary environment is creating effective paycuts for all in the organization

What does the leadership team need to get better at?

communication. listening to employees. paying attention in any sort of way to the experience of people working at the company

Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

It's clear based on market data pay rates are too low. I would feel better if my compensation was higher

What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

The culture at the company is one always looking to make people better. Either at the company or in the community

Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

I think getting more money would help me feel more valued, given I know what a similar role in another bank would pay

Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

There is clear market data that my position is paid more at other organizations. Being paid fairly would make me feel better about compensation

What's going wrong and how can it be improved?

Communication has gotten incredibly bad. Decision making has become fully opaque, and confusing. There is no coherent plan shown to the employees of the company. The culture seems non-existent right now

Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

The process for starting into my current position with the company had made me feel undervalued and I constantly feel like the company is trying to find ways to pay me less

Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

There is clear market data that I can find that I would have a greater compensation if I were to move to another company, and I feel FMB is not honest about where my pay compares to the market

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