Best Banks to Work For

The Best Banks to Work For study is a collaboration between American Banker and the Best Companies Group, which conducts extensive employee surveys and reviews employer reports on benefits and policies.

Oakworth Capital Bank, which topped our "Best Banks" list this year, takes a broad view of wellness by providing employees with free healthy snacks and classes on time management.

Inspired by the book "How Fargo of You," Bell Bank has an awards program that recognizes employees with a talent for the little touches that matter to customers.

See the perks employees get at the 85 financial institutions that made our sixth annual Best Banks to Work For list.

Employees at First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Pascagoula-Moss Point love to eat, so much so that they started raising money for charity by selling lunches.

Life is “ruff.” Pets can make it easier. Here is how some of the Best Banks to Work For accommodate their employees’ furry pals.

A few years after co-founding Level One Bank, CEO Patrick Fehring decided to survey his employees. It turned into a wake-up call.

The Detroit lender developed rotational training programs in auto finance, accounting and technology to help attract and keep promising employees, especially millennials, who had a tendency to bolt.

Given that an estimated 44 million Americans graduate with student loans, offering a repayment benefit could be worthwhile for banks trying to recruit millennial employees.

With immigration and racial issues flaring across the country, a community bank owned by two families with opposing political views is undivided in helping noncitizens obtain work visas and prioritizing diversity in some very homogenous markets.