Everyone is very friendly and helpful.

They have been great about making family a priority.

Paid time off and holidays.

My coworkers genuinely care about my growth and well-being.

Co-workers. I work with a great group of people.

Benefit packages and compensation needs to increase by more than inflation.

For the most part everyone is accepting or tolerant of everyone's differences.

Compensation. Any raise that is less than inflation is a pay cut.

Everyone comes from different backgrounds and are well rounded people who are interesting to talk with.

Everyone is friendly, caring and has seemed to genuinely care about my growth professionally and personally.

My group of team members care about one another and help each other out whenever we can.

Compensation. If inflation is 3% and you give a 3% merit raise, you did not give a raise.

My boss is wonderful and very understanding. She knows that we are mothers, fathers, sons, daughters and caregivers first and employees second.

My team is absolutely amazing. Everyone is caring and compassionate. If you ever have a question or a problem everyone is happy to help you.

My coworkers, if they were to leave I would take one of the several job offers that I have received since starting at First Merchants.

Everyone is personable and willing to help each other out when needed. We have a fantastic team. I hope everyone does not leave for jobs that pay better.

Everyone has been very understanding of my learning process. After having brain cancer I can still learn. It just takes a little longer and I write everything down.

Health insurance needs to be made much more affordable and raises should be the rate of inflation plus a percentage to show that your hard work is valued.

The health insurance plans are just terrible. A family plan cost over $16,000 a year. How are employees making $15 an hour suppose to be able to afford that.

Having a manager and team members who genuinely care about my growth with the company and who will lend an ear about issues in my personal life from time to time.

Benefits that are in the handbook need to be followed through with by HR. I feel that First Merchants has expressed that employees will receive certain benefits that it then later says that they do not qualify for.

My team is made up of mostly newer people however, they come from a very diverse background and are very caring. They are the only reason I have turned down two other job offers in the past two months.

My direct manager is very understanding. A relative passed away and they did not get mad when I took the leave given to us. They took my workload and divided among the team. We are all pulling in the same direction.

Compensation. If inflation is 3% and an employee receives a 3% raise, they effectively received a 0% raise. The company is effectively telling employees that all that hard work you did last year and all the new information you have learned, we the company, value that at 0.

One thing that the company could do if it does not want to raise compensation would be to offer better benefits. Currently on a single insurance plan the bi-weekly amount is $86. Thats $2,236 annually. Then you have add the $3,500 max out of pocket. Thats almost $6,000!

Benefits and annual compensation need to be made better. Health insurance is to expensive, both the bi-weekly premiums and the Maximum out of pocket costs. If inflation is around 3% and you give an employee an annual 3% raise, then you did not give that employee a raise.

Compensation. When inflation is between 2-3% and we are given annual raises of 2-3%, then we are not actually getting raises. Management "Thanks for all your hard work, we are going to pay you exactly the same as last year'. Also management "I can't figure out why we can not keep people".

Raises should be the inflation rate plus a percentage for how much you have learned in the last year. If the only way to get a raise is to find a new job. Employees will continue to just find a new job. My department has turned over completely, twice, in the last six years.

Raises should be 2-3% over inflation and our health insurance needs to be much cheaper. $10,000 max out of pocket for a family plan is way to high. A company this large should be able to negotiate much better insurance for its employees. $20 a pay period premiums and $3,000 max out of pocket.