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      Absa reviews

      3.9

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (1,070 total reviews)
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      René van Wyk

      88% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Senior management

      Absa has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,070 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Absa employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanza industry (3.7 stars).

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      1K reviews
      5.0
      Nov 10, 2025

      Excellent employer

      Data scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. Modern working arrangements, including remote work and flexible hours. 2. Competent and understanding management. 3. Endless training and development opportunities. 4. Relaxed yet professional working environment. 5. Mature tech stack and exposure to bleeding edge tools and techniques. 6. Best cafeteria in the industry, by far! 🥐

      Cons

      1. Slow career growth, but offset by good bonuses and decent annual salary increases. 2. Inconsistencies in culture across teams. 3. Competitors are better when it comes to core banking services and digitization. 4. Frequent leadership changes at the top levels mean that business structures and reporting lines get shuffled quite often.

      4.0
      Oct 29, 2025

      Great place to work at depending on what your flavour of data science is

      Data scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Various teams treat data science differently; some take a more software development approach, using Git, unit tests, and Jira. Others take a more analytics-focused approach, dashboards, campaigns etc The former tend to use tools like Databricks and PySpark, while the latter lean more towards SAS and SQL.

      Cons

      This applies to all companies; it's usually not properly announced which style a team prefers until you've landed on the team. More efforts could be made to make things more transparent about things

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