Nationwide Building Society Career Development FAQ

Pros

Great culture with good opportunity to progress

Cons

Constant change makes it difficult to keep up

Pros

Great networking opportunities, safe spaces for minorities, some great colleagues and emphasis on employee wellbeing, good pension

Cons

Lack of progression, some very low salaries

Pros

Benefits package is good, work hours are good

Cons

So many 'lifers' who have stayed for 20+ years and stuck in their ways, promote based on who you know not performance, expect you to be in a role for 3+ years before promotion rather than looking at performance and capability, controlling managers

Advice to Management

Make a lot of middle managers redundant and get new thinkers in. Build on the agile ways of working to make it less political and secretive.

Pros

The training is pretty extensive and well structured, also because you join in a training cohort you've got a base of friends from the start

Cons

The work can get monotonous after a while, but there are opportunities to develop up or across the organization

Pros

Job security, good rewards and a great employee policy that looks after individuals

Cons

the low employee turnover speaks volumes for its comfort as a job but really limits progression opportunities