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3.0

42% would recommend to a friend

(203 total reviews)
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Beverly Anderson

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39% positive business outlook

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2.0
Apr 17, 2022
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Pros

Get well account HSA contributions from becu Employee resource groups are pretty awesome Free becu apparel You get to work on a lot of different CU products & services Tango gift cards RES dept.

Cons

401k-max 3% if you do 6% Pension-must invest in becu for 5 years Pay- only decent if your in management/back office/tech. New hires can make significantly more than current employees with sign on bonuses. Branches- look old and outdated with a terrible open office layout. Incredibly hard to focus and work with several people in building talking and staring at you. No security when surrounded by homeless/panhandlers constantly In front of branches. Don’t always feel safe. 45 minute unpaid lunch and two 10 minute paid breaks Constant follow up work that gets pushed on the MC’s without allocated time to complete side work for members Numerous employees quitting without addressing why Verbal abuse from members for things out of our control Too many “directions” on the tech side of becu, nobody wants to use numerous programs when we already know what we’re doing and have to use resources to figure out the “new” thing every month or so. Work/life balance- if FT you might work 5-6 days for 8-10 hours, not much time to spend with your family until you get off at close. Printers always seem to never work when needed Card printers constantly acting up Constant back and forth on business casual dress code Lobby sign in system that always malfunctions ( if you know, you know lol) and becu requires breaks and lunches to be tracked.

3.0
Apr 16, 2022

Need better workalike balance and higher pay

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits, culture, and gym reimbursement

Cons

Long hours, hard to move up in the company, pay isn't great for internal employees.

1.0
Apr 14, 2022
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Pros

The biggest pro would be benefits, however, I am seeing other employers not only match what BECU offers, but are now surpassing them. The work/life balance is pretty good, but I'm also seeing a decline in that as well as BECU evolves and continues to operate more like a bank and less like a credit union. Unfortunately, it appears as though BECU is still banking on their reputation from years ago and as a result are quickly falling significantly behind.

Cons

The organization is reluctant to adapt and retain talent. BECU has made it clear that they would rather lose employees than make adjustments where needed. BECU offers below market salaries, but does have an annual bonus. However, BECU leadership continues to make the bonus harder to attain every year and introduces more dependencies on other teams and company performance which puts reaching this further out of the individual's control. BECU's lack of an ability to adapt and getting away from the spirit of being a credit union has been driving down member (and employee) satisfaction which in turn reduces bonuses. Icing on the cake is that the bonus is not even guaranteed and it's possible that it won't be paid out which is scary knowing it is a large portion of your compensation. Merit increases are pegged in the 2-3% range annually and BECU will do anything in their power to not do anything above that. I know I don't need even need to say it, but no, they do not even keep up with inflation/cost of living increases. The promotion and compensation adjustments are just flat out disappointing and honestly will leave you feeling disappointed and unappreciated. I would love to be able to highly promote BECU as an employer as I did years ago, but unfortunately all I can do at this point is say you can do better elsewhere and it will save yourself a lot of frustration.

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