Way less innovative than they pretend to be - Anonymous employee Erste Group Employee Review

2.0
Apr 26, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary package, benefits and access to sponsored activities

Cons

An old-fashioned, traditional, closed mindset spread throughout the company. The legacy of the former CEO/omnipotent Big Brother is everywhere, bordering to cult of personality. No real desire for innovation or change, despite claims (or outside the IT dept., also overestimated), just an endless list of meetings just to end up with "we always did this way". Stay away if you are looking for a modern enterprise. Ah, prepare your best Austrian dialect, or you're not going anywhere.

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Erste Group Response
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Dear former colleague, thank you for your review on Glassdoor. Being innovative and open minded towards new ideas is essential to ensure that we as a bank grow successfully in the future as well. Thus, we appreciate your feedback and would like to discuss it confidentially. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with Alexandra Zulehner from the Employer Branding Team (alexandra.zulehner@erstebank.at). Best regards and all the best for the future People & Culture-team

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