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Post by anonrefugee on May 28, 2015 14:05:47 GMT
Has anyone been a bank teller? I never thought of it before. there are multiple ads at banks nearby, I'm thinking of making a radical change, knowing I'll have to start at the bottom. I'm actually okay with that. I'll probably post a few of these questions before settling back into my chosen field. I get restless every few years, but never switch...prepping for real, full time rwturn to work has me thinking about changing again. I'm in engineering / planning now. Buildings and communities- not technology  |
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Post by Gravity on May 28, 2015 14:10:28 GMT
I've never worked as a bank teller but a DD did. She barely made over minimum wage and had to work on Saturdays.
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Post by anonrefugee on May 28, 2015 14:11:39 GMT
I'm more careful with communication and numbers IRL than on message boards. I promise.
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Post by anonrefugee on May 28, 2015 14:13:04 GMT
I've never worked as a bank teller but a DD did. She barely made over minimum wage and had to work on Saturdays. That's interesting. I was doing business inside bank yesterday and the manager said they were having trouble keeping tellers. Maybe wage is a reason? |
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Post by Butterfly Momma on May 28, 2015 14:14:19 GMT
I was a bank teller about 12 years ago. I loved my job and the interaction with my customers. However, I moved on to account services , in the same bank, after about 6-9 months because I found the teller work was becoming tedious. I know things have changed a lot in banking since then - hopefully you will get an answer from someone who has more current experience. Best of luck on whichever path you choose ETA: My pay as a teller was very low also. |
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 14:14:32 GMT
I've done it. The pay sucks and I was constantly called in to cover for others. Very much like retail in pay and that.
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Post by garcia5050 on May 28, 2015 14:19:13 GMT
I was a teller in the early 90's, back when it was fun. And I made more than minimum wage. Once it became all about selling, I moved on to the operations side of banking. But yes, working every Saturday for 5 years sucked. I hear it is very different now. Bare bones staff, a lot more work, everyone is part time, so no benefits.
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Post by anonrefugee on May 28, 2015 14:25:18 GMT
Maybe it's my volunteer work, but the customer part doesn't worry me.
I've always been a numbers person but I'm worried about my eyes! I can take my glasses on and off now. I'm not really doing computer work or calculations while talking to others, at least not those outside of team. I might need bifocals so I can read checks and look customers in the eye without switching.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on May 28, 2015 14:33:38 GMT
A lady I worked with at my old job quit to start a job as a teller. After a few months she wanted her old job back. She said the bank teller had her working crazy hours plus her bank required her to push things the bank offered on customers and her job was on the line if she didn't get her monthly sign ups.
Good luck in whatever you decide.
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Post by blondiec47 on May 28, 2015 14:42:52 GMT
I worked as a teller, but it was back in the late 70's and I hated it. But most of that was due to a personality conflict between me and my manager
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 14:46:20 GMT
If you are a numbers person and want to make decent money go into loan processing. I did that as well and it wasn't a bad job. Pay was much better.
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Post by mrgiedrnkr on May 28, 2015 14:47:13 GMT
I work at a bank but not as a teller. I think we offer good benefits as far as insurance, 401k,paid time off, etc. However, there is no job of just counting money anymore. Everyone had sales goals.
Stacy
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Post by anonrefugee on May 28, 2015 14:47:53 GMT
Lol well that didn't take long. I hate pitches at all check out lanes and do my polite best to cut them off. I'd hate foisting them on someone else, much less making a quota.
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Post by anonrefugee on May 28, 2015 14:50:04 GMT
If you are a numbers person and want to make decent money go into loan processing. I did that as well and it wasn't a bad job. Pay was much better. Thank you. I'll look into it! I've always liked project based work, but want to try a different pace. |
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Post by jenjie on May 28, 2015 14:57:17 GMT
I loved being a bank teller! I loved dealing with customers. Dealing with just the person at my window was good for me, I don't love multitasking. I liked being able to pass problems off to somebody else. When I later became manager and the buck stopped with me I really missed those days. LOL.
If I was to go back to work I wouldn't mind being a teller again. Except as the others have mentioned, it doesn't pay much. And i don't think I could. I recently had opportunity to count a large amount of bills and my thumb hurt so bad. I'm thinking I have arthritis or something.
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Post by katieanna on May 28, 2015 15:18:04 GMT
...her bank required her to push things the bank offered on customers and her job was on the line if she didn't get her monthly sign ups... I've heard the same thing from several people who had been bank tellers but have since retired. |
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Post by shannoots on May 28, 2015 15:21:13 GMT
I worked as a bank teller during high school and college. It was a great job for me during that time. I worked part-time and all of the banks were pretty good with working with my school schedule. I did have to work pretty much every Saturday but was done by about noon. I can't say anything about the pay because I made more than most of my friends but I was young.
I agree with others...during the last couple of years, the bank was really pushing us to sell to customers and I hated that.
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Post by caangel on May 28, 2015 15:52:57 GMT
What do you like and not about what you are doing now? Maybe you just need to change to a different type of work in the same industry.
My DH is a structural engineer. He works on tract homes, huge custom homes and giant apartment complexes. He loves the idea of designing large buildings and bridges but in reality he likes shorter projects and would never be happy doing long projects.
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Post by tanya2 on May 28, 2015 15:59:41 GMT
I work as a bank teller. I don't mind it but it can be tedious & the sales targets never go away. They aren't as bad as you think but they are there. Pay is more than minimum but not great. I'm only part time though so better than I would make working retail or starbucks. I'm lucky I have good hours, but other employees have saturdays, evenings, and some branches have sundays too
its an ok part time job but i would never do it full time
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Post by compeateropeator on May 28, 2015 16:00:26 GMT
I haven't read the other replies yet, but I think the downfall of this position is that most banks are requiring that you sell and get referrals for other services as part of your performance evaluation. I believe that most people just want to go in and make their transactions...they don't want to hear about other services or why they should transfer their money into another account type, etc. I would have a hard time fulfilling that requirement of the job. Working the Saturday banking hours would not be an issue but the selling would. I worked for many years in the in the banking industry and do believe that it does offer many opportunities for people to move up the ladder if they wish. However it is not for someone who Just wants to work 40 hours a week. I was salary and between conversions, acquisitions, and changing technology I was easily putting in 60 to 70 hours a week many times, including weekends. In my opinion, the banking environment has changed and is more cutthroat and corporate, that includes small home town banks. It can be a great field/industry to get into and has a vast variety of job types. Like everything, however, it does has it's downfalls and is not for everyone. Sorry for the epic post.  |
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Post by anonrefugee on May 28, 2015 16:18:45 GMT
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Post by Miss Lerins Momma on May 28, 2015 16:35:01 GMT
My sister is one and she likes it. I think her official title now is a "loan officer", but she was a teller before that. She makes ok money, not the best but it's not minimum wage either. And yes, she has to work almost every Saturday until like 1pm.
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Post by finaledition on May 28, 2015 16:35:54 GMT
I worked as one in college, it was for barely above minimum wage. The bank was robbed while I was working (another teller, thankfully not me) and a week later my old boss at a restaurant called to see if I'd be interested in coming back. Went back in a heartbeat, and my wages quadrupled being a waitress.
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Post by Anita on May 28, 2015 17:14:07 GMT
Back when my teen was a toddler, I was a bank/note teller, then I moved to vault management. I enjoyed the work mostly, but it was almost always six days per week. I HATED that with a passion. If I have to get dressed up to come in for three hours of work, it really irritates me. I'm so glad I moved on from that job!
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Post by Anita on May 28, 2015 17:15:50 GMT
I haven't read the other replies yet, but I think the downfall of this position is that most banks are requiring that you sell and get referrals for other services as part of your performance evaluation. I believe that most people just want to go in and make their transactions...they don't want to hear about other services or why they should transfer their money into another account type, etc. I would have a hard time fulfilling that requirement of the job. Working the Saturday banking hours would not be an issue but the selling would. This, too. We were always pushed to sell services. We had to sign a certain number of people up for services per year or it would affect our evaluation. It got old very quickly, especially when most of your customers are regulars. |
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Post by snappinsami on May 28, 2015 17:20:06 GMT
I worked as a teller all through college and for 2 years after I graduated. I absolutely loved it. Loved (for the most part) dealing with customers, and the people I worked with were great. We were expected to do some cross-selling, but at the time it wasn't too bad. (And I hate sales with a passion.) At the time, it was a great job for me. When I was in college, I worked a lot of Saturdays; at my after-college bank, we rotated and it wasn't every week. The pay was (again, at the time) quite good, and when I went full time after college, that bank (First Union) had fantastic benefits.
A few years ago, I looked at it again and the pay wasn't nearly as good. Plus, banks have moved to a more "retail" model, so the hours aren't as good, more weekends, etc.
But it wouldn't hurt to look at it. It could be perfect for you!
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Post by likescarrots on May 28, 2015 17:24:30 GMT
I worked as a bank teller about 8 years ago. What everyone is saying is true. I did love the customers. It's an interesting relationship between a person and the teller who provides access to their money. I was blown away by some of the gifts we were given.
But sales goals are a very real thing for tellers. And it is uncomfortable having to pitch a credit card to someone you know does not need one and probably shouldn't have one. Or all the home equity loans i sold that people used to buy expensive cars or vacations, only to have the market crash a year later.
And as others have said, the pay is just above minimum wage (though my banks benefits were decent), and sometimes the hours are crappy.
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 28, 2015 18:02:04 GMT
I was a full time bank teller for two years over 20 years ago. In the beginning, it was a better than average paying job with paid holidays and benefits. At the end, they cut six of our paid federal holidays and replaced them with two days of PTO. We had to work Saturdays and once they opened grocery store branches, we had to work on Sundays too. When they started forcing us to sell banking products at the teller window, I was DONE.
I was good at my job as a TELLER but I didn't apply for a job as a salesperson. It didn't help that I had a wretched shrew for a boss who told me at my last review with her that I needed to "be more punctual" because I was five minutes late ONCE, and that was because I had unexpected car trouble and it was something completely outside of my control.
I would agree that loan processing was a better paying job with better hours (I did that too), but it wasn't completely free of issues either depending on whether the lender you were assigned to was a decent human being or a total jerk (I've had both).
If I was forced to look for a job with that pay/benefit range today, I would pick something in a more fun environment dealing with less crabby co-workers and customers.
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Post by jenjie on May 28, 2015 18:34:53 GMT
Cross selling for tellers wasn't anywhere near what it is today when I stopped working.
One other thing I failed to mention - your work doesn't go home with you. Each day is an entity unto itself. Once you settle your drawer for the day, that's it. There's no follow up, nothing left hanging over your head or in your inbox.
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Post by katieanna on May 28, 2015 18:35:23 GMT
My first job after graduating high school was in a bank. I worked in their loan dept but had thought being a teller would be an interesting job. It was never meant to be, though. Selling is NOT my bag and if my job would have depended upon my sales acquisitions, I probably would have been out of a job.
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