Long story short, I do not like my job. Not enough to do, it is not something I can call a career and pay sucks. I work with mostly women (middle age) and I want more responsibility and structure. The only plus is that we have a gym on campus and I can use that for free. Side note, no squat rack (add that to my discruntle list).
My sister reciently got a job at a bank. I believe as a commercial sales specialist. After talking with her, I feel a lot of what she does appeals to what I want out of a work place and my skill set.
My question for those who work in banking:
I do not have a Business Degree. Will that hinder the opportunities to work outside of just being a teller or my ability to move up down the line?
Do most people start off as a teller and then move to different positions within the bank?
How often does policy change within the bank? Is it something that is handed down through the ranks?
[quote]WombRaider wrote:
Long story short, I do not like my job. Not enough to do, it is not something I can call a career and pay sucks. I work with mostly women (middle age) and I want more responsibility and structure. The only plus is that we have a gym on campus and I can use that for free. Side note, no squat rack (add that to my discruntle list).
My sister reciently got a job at a bank. I believe as a commercial sales specialist. After talking with her, I feel a lot of what she does appeals to what I want out of a work place and my skill set.
My question for those who work in banking:
I do not have a Business Degree. Will that hinder the opportunities to work outside of just being a teller or my ability to move up down the line?
Do most people start off as a teller and then move to different positions within the bank?
How often does policy change within the bank? Is it something that is handed down through the ranks?
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Call a head hunter, not the one on this site, but an actual head hunter or look on monster, or ask your sister.
[quote]JLu wrote:
From what I’ve seen (in Canada at least) banks have a women only policy when hiring tellers.[/quote]
Nope. My local RBC has a couple of males mixed in with the women. They’re most likely ghey, though…
[quote]WombRaider wrote:
Long story short, I do not like my job. Not enough to do, it is not something I can call a career and pay sucks. I work with mostly women (middle age) and I want more responsibility and structure. The only plus is that we have a gym on campus and I can use that for free. Side note, no squat rack (add that to my discruntle list).
My sister reciently got a job at a bank. I believe as a commercial sales specialist. After talking with her, I feel a lot of what she does appeals to what I want out of a work place and my skill set.
My question for those who work in banking:
I do not have a Business Degree. Will that hinder the opportunities to work outside of just being a teller or my ability to move up down the line?
Do most people start off as a teller and then move to different positions within the bank?
How often does policy change within the bank? Is it something that is handed down through the ranks?
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Having a degree is certainly an advantage, but not a necessity.
I have met plenty of people who have started out as tellers and worked their way up the heirachy. The only downside is that this typically takes a long time. If you do this, you may have to deal with shitty pay for the first 5-10 years while you work your way up & there is no guarantee that you will be promoted.
Policy changes quite often, although most of these changes have little impact on those working as tellers or in low level customer service / sales roles.
Yeah, I started out as a teller 11 yrs ago. I moved up to customer service as soon as there was an opening but don’t have anywhere to go since I don’t want to be a branch manager and jobs at the main office pay less (??). I busted my ass the first few years and now I’m wilting away at my desk.
I would love to go back to being a teller but I wouldn’t be able to stand someone else making my schedule.
relatively decent ones. Portfolio analysis…etc, people that quanitfy rates of return, potential investment profits, cash flow… math and numbers heavy stuff.
I guess it depends on the size of the bank. If it’s a local chain, it might be easier to go up in the ranks (Or maybe harder? I’d think you would hit a glass ceiling sooner in a mega-bank) Anyway, my cousin works as a teller and he hates his job. He’s been doing it for like 2+ years now. He’s probably their best teller, and was offered a better position twice, but didn’t take them for various reasons. If you’re okay with the monotony of the work, I guess you’ll be okay. And yeah, if you have to start out as a teller, the pay definitely isn’t that great, from what I understand. It’s not a job I could do. I’ve worked with money before and hated it. You’re pretty much counting, adding and subtracting all day. =/ If this isn’t something you’re seriously interested in, I’d look elsewhere. I hope you find what you’re looking for, man.
I love the math part of it. Everyone in the bank calls me when they have a teller problem they can’t fix. The moving up the ladder definitely depends on the bank. The bigger banks around here (BOA and Citizens), you pretty much get canned if you don’t make your sales goals.