Santander reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(8,384 total reviews)
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Héctor Grisi

87% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Santander has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 8,384 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
Sep 25, 2018

New leadership

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly office staff. People have been there for years and really know everything about how things work. Loved most of my coworkers.

Cons

The worst management I've ever had. In the almost 2 years I worked there, my role was shifted around to 5 departments and I had 7 completely different managers. When I raised serious issues, I was scolded for creating evidence if a problem.

1.0
Jun 1, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nothing positive to say about working here

Cons

Just cant compete with the bigger banks such as Wells Fargo, TD or PNC. Worse technology I have ever experienced. Do not have an instant debit card machine like the bigger banks. Too much paper that needs to be printed daily. Most branches are old and very outdated. Audit process is beyond stressful. bEING A Head teller with this company is just stress upon stress

3.0
Oct 4, 2017

Corporate banking

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are some strong and skilled people in structured finance from whom you can learn from. Growth Capital is also strong but can talk to you from a high horse, and ride roughshod over credit.

Cons

Lots of rag dolls on every level in the organisation. Discrimination by nationality is no problem, and some line managers get away with it dressing it up as behavioural issue with employee. Cronyism is huge and overrides superior skills, experience, and education. If you kiss up to the right person you'll get the job no matter how unqualified you are for it. Internal interviews are a farce with the final outcome decided before it starts. There are some people with huge egos but no substance behind in the Large Corporates Front Office Team. Systems are very clunky but no one dares to escalate it to the appropriate level.

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