Benefits and perks at Commonwealth Bank
Learn about the 23 benefits and perks Commonwealth Bank offers its employees.
Professional memberships
Make sure you remain at the top of your game. CommBank provides assistance for professional memberships.
Competitive pay & banking benefits
We look after our people with competitive salaries, superannuation, salary packaging and performance incentive options.
Educational scholarships for your kids
Tertiary education can be expensive, but keep an eye out for university scholarship opportunities we offer for your kids
Paid volunteering leave
Unlimited volunteering leave? Yes please! Take some time either individually or as a team to make a real impact on your community.
Domestic & family violence support
We offer extensive assistance to our people affected by domestic and family violence, including special leave options, counselling services and financial hardship support.
Salary sacrifice options
Super, shares, childcare fees, new or used care, and other options like professional memberships, airline memberships, additional leave, car parking and workplace giving, and more.
Extra leave options
Want to spend school holidays with your kids? Planning a week-long hike? Over and above annual leave, sick leave and long service leave, we offer further leave options to eligible employees.
Staff discounts & deals
Shopaholics rejoice! Thanks to CommBank’s relationship with a range of different suppliers, you’ll be able to take advantage of discounts across a bunch of products and services from TVs to hotels.
Equity benefits
As a CommBank employee, you’ll be rewarded for the role you play in helping the Group succeed. Under our Employee Share Acquisition Plan, you could receive up to $1,000 in CommBank shares every year!
Indigenous support
The Jawun Indigenous Secondment Program supports Indigenous organisations to deliver their own strategies and visions. This way we can help create real change and improve lives within Indigenous communities.
Diversity networks
No matter who you are, at CommBank you can be you. Join us to be part of a workplace where people are genuinely valued for their individuality regardless of gender, age, cultural identity, disability or sexual orientation.
Income protection
Our employee income protection policy gives our people support if they experience a long-term physical or mental illness or injury. If you ever need it, we’re here to help you manage your financial commitments so you can focus on getting better.
Tertiary study assistance
If you’re looking to further your studies, CommBank is the workplace for you. We offer up to 100% financial assistance and study leave to let you complete courses and degrees that will help you grow and develop for your current and future roles at CommBank.
CBA Group Super Plan
Want to get ahead on your retirement? Our default super fund is the CBA Group Super Plan with Australian Retirement Trust (ART). You can take advantage of fees that are much lower than the average super fund, as well as flexible investment and insurance options.
Workplace giving
For more than a century, our people have been building brighter futures for Australians in need. Through workplace giving, CommBank supports our people to make pre-tax donations which are then matched dollar for dollar by the bank, amplifying the impact in the community.
Health & wellbeing program
Thrive from 9-5 (and beyond!) Our online Thrive Portal is available 24/7 to help you take care of your physical and mental health. Resources cover a huge range of topics like dealing with stress, taking care of your emotional health, alcohol consumption, parenting and much more.
Reimagined ways of working
We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few.
Gender-neutral parental leave
Welcoming a baby soon? Congrats! Our inclusive, gender-neutral support options are designed to help all our working parents manage their caring and family responsibilities. We offer 18 weeks paid leave, in addition to paying superannuation to carers for up to 52 weeks, with no qualifying period.
Childcare centres
Finding childcare can be super stressful. We’ve got you covered with priority access to a number of long-day childcare places for kids aged 0-6 years in certain corporate childcare centres in the Sydney CBD and at South Eveleigh. Eligible employees can also choose to salary sacrifice for childcare.
Pro-bono services & mentoring
If you’re passionate about a cause, our Pro Bono Services team connects communities and our people to provide pro bono consulting services to our community partner organisations. We also work with the Australian Business and Community Network (ABCN) to provide mentoring services to students of ABCN-affiliated schools.
Counselling service
We’re there whenever you’re facing hard times. Our counselling service is a professional and confidential, short-term counselling service for permanent employees and their immediate family members, who may be facing personal, family or employment-related concerns. A manager hotline also provides advice to managers, team leaders and HR support.
Private health insurance
CBHS is an award-winning not-for-profit health fund that’s uniquely available to our employees and their families. CBHS has been providing a range of health cover options with competitive rates and generous benefits exclusively to employees and their immediate family since 1951. We also have CBHS health hubs around our different CommBank locations.
Reskilling at CommBank
We care about developing our people and the opportunities to develop your career at CommBank are endless. Whether you started in our Branch network but think a career in Data & Analytics is your calling, here you can. Our Reskilling Programs will help you gain the skills you need to take your career in a different direction and make sure you’re ready for the future of work.