Pros
- Happy / kind employees - Tech heavy bank with future focus - Great work life balance (depending on team) - Lots of flexibility - Great employee perks (leave, wellness center, gyms, loan rate discounts etc). - Great company for people with persons that want reliable hours to raise a family. - Objectively of the best employers in Africa - Company has world wide reputation. No shortage of Alums at top global MBA / EMBA programs
Cons
- Typical large corporate problems - Tenure matures more than output - Certain departments mostly contain dinosaurs (old employees waiting for retirement) - Highly regulated sector - particularly because of SA environment - High starting salary but reluctant to promote / increase pay unless you move internally / manager leaves. - Base pay operates on a "carrot" basis. Pay becomes primarily long term incentive + bonus base. Not much flexibility in this regard.
