First Merchants – Friendly colleagues, with strong work ethics, honest, and helpful. This creates a positive work culture. | Comparably

First Merchants – Friendly colleagues, with strong work ethics, honest, and helpful. This creates a positive work culture.

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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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Friendly colleagues, with strong work ethics, honest, and helpful. This creates a positive work culture.

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After working my entire career in the banking industry and for numerous companies, I finally feel at home. The company lives the values and the leadership is trustworthy.

Briefly describe your overall experience at your company

It would be great if leadership was more open to ways to improve the employee experience and engagement as it is critical for FMB's success and growth and to maintain our culture. Happy employees = happy customers. The data is clear on this correlation.

What are some of the best things about your team?

Hard working, funny, polite, easy going.

What are some of the best things about your team?

They work hard and are nice.

What makes you most happy at work?

The people and making a difference.

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

Employees care about the customers.

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

Workers are friendly and helpful.

What makes you most happy at work?

Meetings, collaboration, and team work.

What do you like best about the leadership team?

Their integrity, their passion for FMB, and they are approachable.

What do you like best about the leadership team?

They genuinely want care about the success of the company.

What is the best part about your compensation package?

The increases, and that my pay is checked against the market.

What is the best part about your compensation package?

Deferred compensation is nice because it strengthens my connection to the company.

What do you like best about the leadership team?

The leadership team displays honesty, Integrity, and approachability. I trust the team completely.

What do you like best about the leadership team?

The leadership team comprises of smart people that care about the bank's success.

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

Bonus amounts could be better. However, that is tricky because it is dependent on business revenue.

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

Higher compensation based on the actual responsibilities that I have rather than what I was hired for.

What makes you most happy at work?

I really value my boss. He is outstanding at his job and a good human being. I enjoy learning from him.

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

The people working here generally want to do what's best for the client and the employees. Decision making is based on this premise.

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

The employees are friendly, and it is easy to get things done because there is not a lot of bureaucratic red tape. Leadership is accessible.

What makes you most happy at work?

The people and culture. I feel like I own a piece of the company so therefore want to do what I can to preserve costs and make it a better place.

What are some of the best things about your team?

I have only been here a couple of months, but I feel like I have known my coworkers for year, in a good way. They are all easy to get along with and helpful.

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

Coming in new to the bank, I felt like an outsider and still do. Coworkers are friendly enough but are dismissive to new ideas and ways of thinking because that isn't "how we do things at FMB". External experience isn't valued.

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