interesting you chose a bank. my uncle has been a banker for over 20 years and my daughter for 5 and her bf is a bank manager in a different chain of banks.

for years, banks have constantly been bought and sold. that causes management changes that lead to personnel changes. departments are being downsized or closed down entirely. a lot of banks now use temps so when the going gets tough, they can let them go without any unemployment. the economy is hitting banks - some are sharing managers between 2 branches, which means some managers are out of work. others are making people work longer hours, which means they need less employees.

our impression of certain businesses may be that they are secure and steady but the reality is often something else again.