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

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Since it is a government job ,so job security ,good salary esp after a few years of job ,you will realise your salary has doubled quickly than initial one. Perks like medical benefits , allowances etc. Pensionable service after 25 years .Officers have much more benefits in the form of allowances,perks than clerk like comprehensive medical benefits for full family ,leased house rent ,furniture etc.

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There is a lot of politics,it is a high risk job .There is no HR thing.Management is there to just suppress you .They force you to do lot of misselling of their other ventures that is cross selling. The most stressful job (It is even rated as the most stressful places to work ). No corporate culture.Just half hour lunch time ,which you even don't get full as it is purely customer service based job. I have seen many colleagues succumbing to serious health issues like heart issues , hypertension, migraine,lifestyle diseases due to the too much tension and constantly suppression . No flexible working timings or days . Very rigid working schedule.Mostly you will have to work overtime and that too without zero extra income or compensation.Transfers are frequent and illogical. If you take promotion,believe me you will be transferred to the most distant place in the state ! You can't leave your seat ! if any emergency occurs ,so for those hours forget you have a family .There is no wfh ,no half day . Government is also constantly overloading banks with its different projects and schemes like demonitization, adhaar linking and what not. Bank staffs are highly overloaded ,and staff shortage is a real thing. Then also banks esp sbi keeps on multiplying it's branches,and increasing work load and cross selling which is in addition to the regular work. The infrastructure is very poor ,there are no coffee machines , usually no air conditioning, sometimes even lack of basic facilities like water , washrooms ,separate lunch rooms etc. There is no corporate culture.

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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.

Likes

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

Dislikes

...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.

Likes

It is a reputed organisation and the largest public sector bank in India. The salary and perks are better as compared to other PSBs. There is job security.

Dislikes

Long sitting hours, lot of workload, seniors threatening to transfer/change posting, stress and pressure of completing targets, working on weekends and holidays. Huge customer base means a lot of customer dealing.

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Salary and little bit of recognition

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Bad culture Politics Transfer postings outside Which disturbs your personal life Late working Shortage of staff puts more burden on existing employees Poorest work life balance