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Predatory Capitalism - Branch Sales and Service Associate PNC Financial Services Group Employee Review

1.0
16 Nov 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- Holidays - Decent benefits and employee resources

Cons

PNC is not atypical within corporate America -- but it is certainly just as appalling and unethical as any other bank, it simply wields many jargon-laced smoke screens with which to shield itself. My manager barely acts like a human being. In fact, almost none of the upper management (especially the corporate sales reps from other departments) are human-like at all. Speaking to them, it's like there is not a single genuine bone in their body, like the humanity has been slowly winnowed out of their soul. I've sat in on meetings and calls where not a single direct, or useful, thing was said in two entire hours. They are attempting to turn their employees into jargon-spewing monsters, too; utter automatons. Positioning and capability statements are gross and no one - particularly not younger people - will ever be drawn in by an in-person commercial delivered by a robotic employee. With the heavy sales focus, we are highly incentivized to focus all of our attention to wealthy clients while ignoring the impoverished and those with genuine need. The overdraft fees are predatory and atrocious - and PNC is content to continue to milk the elderly and physically disabled for fees that continue to make their financial life a source of stress and chaos. I've been tempted to recommend customers like that to another bank. I genuinely hope that when younger people garner the reins of power from institutions like these, that the bloodsucking corporate leeches are thrown out. Also, voiceCX is terrible. How is a 6.79 out of 7 a 4 star score? Please stop basing your employees confidence on the COMPLETELY arbitrary whims of customers who may simply be disgruntled about policy, or angry, or even prejudiced. I love almost all of my customers but there are some genuinely nasty people with similar moral character to the PNC higher ups, that just don't care about others, and enjoy tapping one star reviews on their phone to make themselves feel better. I've seen some of the people who leave our branch google reviews and many of them have never left a single rating on any business that wasn't one star.

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5.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

If you are under the right branch management, working day to day can be a breeze. The vacation policy is great, and the support they provide to help you move up in the company is easy.

Cons

The challenging part is keeping your branch manager happy by hitting your monthly goals, so they do not get pulled into meetings about the branch performance. If your branch has terrible traffic, it will get annoying fast, hitting the phones and the same clients every day. Try to work at a branch that does not work on Saturday's so you have more time for yourself.

2.0
2 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Compared with similarly sized institutions, PNC offers decent work-life balance. But it all depends on who your manager is. People are generally very helpful and always willing to answer questions. For the most part, I enjoyed my time there.

Cons

Compensation is frequently ranked among the bottom percentile in the industry, and this was no exception for myself. They do not take into account the cost of living of a certain area when you are in their analyst program. For example, someone in Nashville would have to the same compensation as someone with the same position in San Francisco. During my time there, it definitely felt very “laissez faire”. Communication among deal team members was also a bit unpolished, with juniors frequently having to play catch up. The bureaucracy and level of siloing between lines of business is awful. It slows down deal execution and overall efficiency.

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