Nationwide Building Society Career Development FAQ

Pros

Great flexibility and work life balance, relentless focus on customers throughout the company, opportunity to develop a career

Cons

Influx of Retail and investment banking leadership is creating a colder, more ruthless culture. Poor middle management leadership in many areas, operating in silos protecting own positions. Obsession with designing new operating models is leading to more design and less doers - the models are making a simple business highly complex.

Pros

Great flexibility and work life balance, relentless focus on customers throughout the company, opportunity to develop a career

Cons

Influx of Retail and investment banking leadership is creating a colder, more ruthless culture. Poor middle management leadership in many areas, operating in silos protecting own positions. Obsession with designing new operating models is leading to more design and less doers - the models are making a simple business highly complex.

Pros

Great training and support and choice of career progression

Cons

in my time with the company, I don't have any complaints.

Pros

Teamwork, good hours, staff benefit pension etc.

Cons

Poor pay, no progression. Lack of promotion chances.

Pros

Fast paced, lots of training on offer, passionate board of directors with good communication, great employee benefits, restaurant and gym onsite, team events held and plenty of networking opportunities through community groups.

Cons

Still too much process, dynamic working is improving, project costs and timescales can be long, parking onsite is an issue,

Advice to Management

Greater emphasis on ensuring projects do not overspend and deliver to their agreed go-live date and outcomes. There ought to be consequences for accountable management where this goes wrong.