State Bank of India Associate salaries in India (Updated 2025)

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SBI is India's premier public sector Bank giving competition to private players like HDFC and Axis. It was an honor to be associated with such a reputed institution. The job security is great. Customer interfacing, communication skills, on the spot dynamic thinking, on the go technical learning and adaptability to any situation -these are what i learnt from my work as a clerical staff.

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...mma, between not taking promotion and remaining stagnant in same role for years. The pay is decent, there are concessions on loans, medical facilities etc but the salary revision happens only once in 5/6 years after numerous union strikes. Passing JAIIB, CAIIB exams, Annual increment and promotion are the only way you can increase your income. Rest is at the mercy of IBA settlement.

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That it provides ample learning opportunities. Has salary and perks.

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Worklife balance is close to zero. Managers have little time to spent with family after work. Associates are discouraged from taking leaves even during time of urgency. Dearth of employees.

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Fixed salary

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Horrible work culture. Too much internal politics. People who don't work re appraised well and people who work hard are appraised badly, and have to bear lots of criticism. Seniors don't have any idea about the reality of ground level and force unethical practices for personal gains. People who oppose this are publically humiliated and instructed to resign. Seniors have no working knowledge of how the softwares work, and if some do do, then they refused to share their knowledge with others. It is the worst workplace I have ever worked in. I would not wish this kind of working environment to my worst enemy.

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Nothing to like really. You just get stuck in doing monotonous job

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...erable. Asking to not come on a public holiday leads to targetting by your boss. No compensation for working on holidays. One has to work for 10-12 hours Monday to Saturday. You are asked to do work outside bank guidelines and no risk allowance/security assurance is given.

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Working at SBI is great satisfaction which comes with job security and Salary and other benefits. working in diffrent roles gives knowledge in overall banking sector

Dislikes

There is no work life balance . Lot of work pressure and no sympathy towards staff. Frequent transfers to diffrent locations and high pressure of achieving targets