Wintrust Financial Reviews

Management treats employees very poorly. No regard for employees well being - the bottom line is all that matters. My team works long hours, some of us working shifts both during the day and throughout the night. The company is trying to operate like the other hard hitting banks, but we just don't have the staff or the resources to follow through. Many times processes will be put in place and initiatives will be started, but the company doesn't have the infrastructure or the man power to support it. This results in unstable applications and systems. Management sets unrealistic deadlines that results in employees being overworked and results in deliverables that were completed the quick and dirty way instead of allowing employees the proper time on a project to get it done the right way.

Wintrust Financial is a small bank trying to play IT with the big dogs in the industry. They lack vision on what is truly necessary to get them to a big bank status. They believe they can manage using technology at the cheapest cost to make things work. They have outdated software applications and lack the staff and resources to take this company to become a big bank with the customer benefits that come with it. The leadership is old school with a new CIO. You have to be part of the good ole boys club to provide any input while new ideas and technologies are shunned. The work/life balance leaves much to be desired with an old school mentality when it comes to dress code and work from home policy. Benefits aren't great and the software tools to support them are archaic. The left hand doesn't play well with the right hand.