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      Santander

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      Santander reviews

      3.8

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (8,381 total reviews)
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      Héctor Grisi

      87% approve of CEO

      58% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Senior management

      Santander has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 8,381 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Santander employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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      8K reviews
      1.0
      Feb 11, 2014

      Utterly Awful

      Finance
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very few (I must add five words so this is a few more)

      Cons

      Extremely poor staff morale, Management are miss guided, systems are unconnected and investment is lacking in all areas. Complaints management and issue resolution is woefully poor. Disconnected company structure based on a culture of internal "external" outsourcing, for example IT team is actually treated as a 3rd party endeavor not an internal team. Extremely blame driven culture and incompetent senior management. Company is seen as a success due to not seemingly being affected by the credit crunch, this is actually born only from Spanish banking laws preventing the company from entering into the sub prime credit market in my opinion. Non existent career progressing proven in the fact that the HR team is woefully lacking.

      1.0
      Nov 9, 2013

      The best part of my time at Santander is being able to write this scathing review

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      My paycheck was the only think to look forward to.

      Cons

      Where do I begin? I'll start by saying that if you are seriously considering a job at this bank, please reconsider. The management is terrible and this starts at the top. Everyone is scared of their boss and their boss is scared of upper management. There is a VERY negative culture. It is both unprofessional and demeaning. Every single employee at the company is micro managed. This isn't limited to just one position but is engrained in the company protocol. My paycheck is the only thing that kept me around for the time I was there. It is a sweatshop and you'd be best served to RUN not walk away from a job offer. There are plenty of other banks to work for. THEY 100% earned their awful glassdoor rating.

      3.0
      Aug 23, 2013

      Entrepreneurial atmosphere, short-term planning

      Program manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Aren't a lot of budget or time constraints. Normal operations will take however long they will take and cost whatever it will cost. But if there is a huge deal on the line, then it is a "deliver at all costs" mentality. They'll bring in lunch & dinner to keep the machine going.

      Cons

      Immature with processes & procedure. High rate of change and resource attrition. Short-term planning because goals seem to change every other day.

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