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First Merchants – I love working for First merchants, starting here was the best thing I've ever done

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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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I love working for First merchants, starting here was the best thing I've ever done

Briefly describe your overall experience at your company

I have grown from a part time SA all the way to a CRR and recently stepped down to be vault teller. If I want to stay in the retail side, I have room to grow, but if I want to grow into the Backoffice setting, I have found it much harder to get my foot in the door.

Briefly describe your overall experience at your company

I've been with FMB 6 years, I've watched as we acquired Monroe and Level One and didnt just absorb them and turn them into FMBs but worked to merge what worked well with them with what worked well here to create one better bank. I feel like the company cares about the wellbeing of their employees

Briefly describe your overall experience at your company

I'm going on 7 years with FMB, I've worked in various roles in that time from a part-time teller, to a CRR, to a reserve, to role in BSA. I enjoy the company and all the potential growth I have here.

What is the best part about your compensation package?

I like that we get quarterly incentives

What makes you most happy at work?

making a difference in my customers lives

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

the environment is fun and relaxed

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

I feel like I'm actually helping my customers

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

I do feel like I can be myself

What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?

I'm remote, we dont really interact

What are some of the best things about your team?

my team is like a family, we care about each other.

What do you like best about the leadership team?

I feel valued as an employee and cared about as a person

What makes you most happy at work?

Making a difference in my customer's lives without them evening knowing I exist

What are some of the best things about your team?

My team feels like a family. a goofy family, but a family none the less

What makes you most happy at work?

I love going to work because I love what I do and who I work with

What do you like best about the leadership team?

I love my manager and the upper management that I have met, they make me feel valued

What are some of the best things about your team?

We are a team! Even the BC my office is in happily interacts with me when I am onsite.

What is the best part about your compensation package?

Its adequate? I'm not sure how to answer this as I dont feel it provides anything that shouldn't be automatic for a full-time employee.

What are some of the best things about your team?

We are like a family; we care about each other's wellbeing. We want to see each other succeed, so we work together very well!

What are some of the best things about your team?

I am in a semi remote position so I don't have a ton of interaction with my teammates. But when we are in meetings we have fun together.

What does the leadership team need to get better at?

Making us as individuals feel valued. Our upper management has no idea who we are, when we come to them with problems, we're dismissed more often than not.

What do you like best about the leadership team?

I'm assigned my work and left to do it on my own for the most part. If I need help or guidance its there but I'm typically not micromanaged.

What do you like best about the leadership team?

I feel valued by my current leadership (Direct managers and up). They are invested in my success and are willing to work with me in areas I may need to improve.

What makes you most happy at work?

feeling like I matter on my team and make a difference to my customers. I may not work directly with the customers anymore but even though they cant see me, I'm vigilantly watching their backs.

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

When I stepped down from CRR to SA I lost over $2. My time with the company didn't decrease, the amount of knowledge I had didn't decrease, but I went down to making very similar to what someone just hired with no banking experience makes. I agree that I should make less but not that much less.

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