In a way, the present times are really not the best for the Nationalized Banking Sector.
1. The work pressure is almost as much as the private sector but salary structure is such that you feel like you have been given a charity
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I beg to differ sire. Its really unkind on your part to refer to a remuneration earned by lacs of PSU bankers as a charity.
After the recent salary hike, a PSU employee in an officer grade would be earning around 22-23 k per month and some additional benefits like LTC once in a couple of years among others..
I think thats comparable to what most of the software companies offer to fresh graduates. And anyone working in banking industry will tell you the difference between working in a private bank and working in a public bank.
The word 'sales' haunts people in a private bank. Even if you are working in Branch operations in a private bank , you are expected to do sales (counter). Plus, if you compare the total weekly working hours, an employee of a private sector will be working 20% more atleast.
Add to it the fact that you can be posted almost anywhere in the country (although some banks are giving home postings initially nowadays but thats just for a few months) and sooner or later would be away from home in II/III tier cities that you would hate.
Most of the Banking Aspirants come from these tierII/III cities sire. Not all are fortunate enough to be born in a superior and lovable destination as yours.
And this has led to most of the people in the banks being a Very very dissatisfied lot. And that is why when they see engineers applying for Bank PO posts, they tend to suggest them to not join the sector because it really is not its worth at the moment and engineers have a choice unlike some others who don't really have many options.
Now thats Degrading non-engineers
@federor
being a banker, i storngly support ur views as bankers r d least paid 2day nd rural postings n rude customers r frstrtng but there r some benefits also being a banker.
But by n large we shud luk for some other sectors also other than banking
The least paid

Please dont exaggerate , for many PO aspirants will not get the true picture. I understand the concept of Rural Posting, but nowadays banks are conciously giving postings to the new joinees in non-rural areas.