BECU reviews

They are nothing like they portray. The supervisors here are mean and nasty and "lead" with intimidation and fear. They micromanage every single thing you do and are very arrogant and aloof. The sup I was assigned to was the last person I would ask a question. They don't have to actually do the job yet will tell you how bad you are at it. There is no development you are either perfect or you are gone. It has become a turnover factory because no one wants to work there as the job itself is extremely stressful. The force you to work 9, 10 hours and 6 days a week and getting PTO is basically impossible so there is no work/life balance. This is a hostile stressful environment and in a short span I witnessed several people being done dirty by them. One of the other reviews said it depends on the supervisor/manager you get and if you get a bad one they make your life hell and do everything they can to prevent you from advancing. It is very poorly managed because upper management is always having parties during the middle of the work day while others work. This is the 1st company I have ever seen that the managers do not actually work. Their sole job is to harass you. It isn't worth your health or mental health. All their systems are ancient and break just about every day. The are trying to grow before they fix the issues. Also management works Monday through Friday so they don't feel the stress you do they also can come and go as they please long as they go to their million meetings a day. They just sit on their high horse and judge.

- Management has changed how they approve bonuses. We used to consistently get 100-125% of our target bonus, but that has dropped every year I've been there. They always find some excuse to not payout the full amount (ex. a couple of years ago, we were denied our full bonus amount because a different team in our division didn't hit their goals - but we had entirely separate goals that had nothing to do with each other; another example: last year our goals kept changing because our team leadership changed 4 times in less than a year and the director at the end of the year didn't like the direction that the previous director chose for our goals so we didn't get our bonus) - Raises are completely arbitrary. They have annual reviews that grade you in multiple categories 1-5. The year I got 5's across the board, I got my lowest raise ever. But my lower rankings came with larger raises. Make it make sense. Note: You can probably expect a 3-4% annual raise (which in no way keeps up with inflation) - Empire building is becoming a huge problem. Be prepared to play politics if you want to stay and/or move up in the company - HR investigates complaints against HR, so nothing ever improves in that department - Leadership pretends to listen. They'll make skip levels, but none of the feedback results in any changes - Some managers will reward you for working overtime for free (not logging your hours), and punish you for choosing not to work overtime (even though they say it's not required). There is no work-life balance and if you try to make that balance for yourself, you'll be pushed out