
For the work and employee type that I am: First Merchants offers some of the best pay in the area.
My direct team are fantastic and I love getting to work with them! Even the other teams in my department are great to work with and to learn from or to teach them something new. In short: I think we hire good people :)
Being a member of the community: First Merchants is perceived as just a small local bank, which can be good in some ways, but that image could hold us back. I personally feel that we aren't growing as fast as we should be, and if you aren't growing, you're dying .
My leadership team is invested in me as an individual and take the time to talk and check in with me. I'd like to think with my direct report and his direct report we are all very open in our conversations and tend not to mince words. I could not speak for executive leadership.
At least within my area: we are actively encouraged to be ourselves and we see that others in our area do so, so it feels a lot more genuine than the generic statements most companies give about "being yourself at work". Here (at least in my area) you are genuinely encouraged to and shown you can :)