Great Benefits with Low Pay and Maximum Stress Levels
Pros
Benefits at BECU were truly fantastic while I was with BECU. HSA, FSA, Transit, Dental, Vision, Health for 4 people, tuition assistance was limited, but, nice. Kind and compassionate coworkers were always helpful when you needed them.
Cons
Upper Management does not listen to their employees, everyone is always stressed, I never met anyone who was not under massive pressure from above. Front facing individuals are grilled for small mistakes, while, some leaders who drive the company into the ground are promoted and praised. Professional development is limited and promotions are extremely rare. I saw almost 20-30 people go through my department most quitting or being fired. Leadership was hired exclusively externally rather than performing internal promotions or leadership training. Leaders are typically racist and only hire friends and white people or individuals from larger banks. This takes away from the community focus of the Credit Union, the reason for my joining. Pay is extremely low for how much workload you may have, depending on the department, you may be asked to work overtime every day. I remember one manager I worked with occasionally was making less than $80,000 per year, but, worked almost 70 to 80 hours per week. This means they were making about $20 per hour, probably much less than most of their employees.