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Institution for Savings

Number of employees in region: 117

Workplace Strengths

Website: institutionforsavings.com
Careers: institutionforsavings.com

Giving Back to Our Communities - Ipswich employees organized and rain the successful International Ipswich Day to celebrate the Town's 375th birthday.

About Institution for Savings

We are a community bank serving the business and individual banking needs of customers on the North Shore of Massachusetts including Newburyport, Amesbury, Salisbury, West Newbury, Newbury, Rowley, Byfield, Ipswich and Rowley.

What the employees say:

What does your manager do to help you learn and grow?

Always keeping me informed and helping me learn new things.

The things I like most about my job are:

Benefits, small company feel, community involvement and co-workers.

What do you find most meaningful about working at this company?

A true commitment to the community, and the caring support given to employees during times of personal crises.

What contributes most to your recommending working at this organization to others?

This is a place were you are rewarded for what you do. Results are recognized and appreciated. The pay and benefits are outstanding. Management cares for the employees.

I love my job because...

The people I work with are encouraging and positive. The company is good to us, the community and its customers (existing and potential).

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Interesting facts

In business since 1820, we are widely recognized as the oldest mutual bank in Massachusetts and one of the oldest and most stable mutual banks in the country. We have had only 16 presidents in our bank history, all of whom have been hired from within the organization. In addition to our 6 full-service offices, we also have a Residential Lending Center and a Commercial Lending center as well as operate student-run educational school banks in 2 local high schools with a third to open in January 2012.