Nationwide Building Society Employee Reviews about "flexible working"
Updated 23 Apr 2020
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Joe Garner
316 Ratings
Pros
"Good work life balance for banking" (in 67 reviews)
"Great company benefits with flexible working hours" (in 41 reviews)
Cons
"The culture needs reviewing at senior management level" (in 25 reviews)
"Truly woeful location for a head office" (in 22 reviews)
Reviews about "flexible working"
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"Good company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Nationwide Building Society full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Good employee benefits and flexible working
Cons
Career progression can be limited
Nationwide Building Society2020-04-23"No sense of direction and wasting money"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Nationwide Building Society for more than a year
Pros
Good office space, fresh facilities and decor. Good co-workers with flexible working to encourage people to do their best.
Cons
Frustratingly resistant to change or to question what the objectives are. Long term employees hold senior positions yet have little or no expertise (Mobile & Digital) Felt more like a body shop in the 1970's rather than a thriving innovation hub. OpenBanking... Lots of people sitting around pretending to look busy while management congratulate themselves on achieving great things whilst not achieving anything of substance. Wow!
Continue readingNationwide Building Society2020-03-30"Poor management"
Doesn't RecommendI worked at Nationwide Building Society for less than a year
Pros
The option for flexible working
Cons
poor management and poor training
Nationwide Building Society2020-02-22"Nice company to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Nationwide Building Society full-time for less than a year
Pros
Flexible working, Flexible benefits, Strong values, Mean what they say, Member Focussed, decent share in success bonus, fantastic pension
Cons
HQ Swindon, pays less than most other FS companies, low performance related bonus, Slow to change
Nationwide Building Society2019-12-19"Great place to learn and work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Nationwide Building Society full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Flexible working, family support, mental health first aid, decent remuneration package, excellent pension scheme, social investment
Cons
Working in Swindon and parking
Nationwide Building Society2019-12-09"Great company to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Nationwide Building Society for more than 3 years
Pros
Flexible working, interesting projects, great culture
Cons
Confusing processes, things take a long time
Nationwide Building Society2019-11-03- Helpful (1)
"Do not allow a toxic culture to thrive!"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Nationwide Building Society full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Mostly amazing people who try hard to do the right thing Collaborative stakeholders who care Some flexible working
Cons
ExCo members can be duplicitous saying one thing and doing the other Bullying covered up as ‘strong management’. No, it is bullying when you shout and swear Constant restructuring without a strategy other than cut costs Senior contractors know nothing of our values and are disruptive but are celebrated A good culture at risk of becoming toxic
Continue readingNationwide Building Society2019-11-16 "The culture is moving in the right direction"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Nationwide Building Society full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Great employee benefits Flexible working Career development is available at all levels
Cons
Everyone is always 'busy' and there alot of duplication and wasted effort. Still a hierarchical culture Higher level management need to adapt and change to a more Agile way of working - this in turn will mean we can be quicker to get things done.
Continue readingNationwide Building Society2019-09-02"Used to be great, now its just frustrating"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Nationwide Building Society for more than 10 years
Pros
Mutual to the core and tries to do the right thing. Depending on the team/squad you are in you are well respected, and given access to all levels of management. Flexible working, good rates of pay and interesting stuff to do
Cons
Place is now run by Architects who step well beyond their role to influence absolutely everything. Blows hot and cold with budgets, so one minute plenty of funds to deliver and get job done - next minute, cost cutting left right and centre. So many layers of management (despite huge attempts to remove it) and very siloed organisational structure meaning so many unnecessary delays in getting anything signed off or progressed
Continue readingNationwide Building Society2019-09-05"Trying to do the right thing, but not"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Nationwide Building Society full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
People, culture and flexible working all good
Cons
Decision making and management of projects, there are consistent planning and funding issues
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