Bread Financial reviews

4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(1,713 total reviews)
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Ralph Andretta

91% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Bread Financial has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,713 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Bread Financial employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Apr 24, 2015

IT runs like a small company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Familial atmosphere Promotes work-life balance Great benefits

Cons

Culture of veteran employees vs.new employees Managers with seniority but no leadership skills Tribal knowledge No commitment to improve business processes Black employees are unequally scrutinized Missing basic tools like laptops, second monitors, projectors Work-from-home policy favors employees with children

2.0
Oct 19, 2014

Warning: Bipolar culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very good benefits Can participate in approved volunteer work activities during work day (Habitat for Humanity, food bank) Some employees are very nice and passionate about their work. If you're lucky enough to work with them, this is a huge advantage. The day before a holiday, managers often let you go a little early. This is really nice to help you get an early start if you're going out of town

Cons

They have some employees who have incredible skills that are not utilized (management is insecure and scared of them being successful and making them look bad), are berated by their managers and asked to do low-level work in the hopes of getting them to quit. However, management refuses to let the problem employees go. The company recently laid off employees, resulting in those left behind now working 2 jobs, yet they have an unrealistic expectation that these employees will be able to continue this long-term without help. They put a lot of focus on charity events and extracurricular activities and expect you to participate, but most don't have the time due to the layoffs but do so anyway for the sake of office politics and not make their managers or work groups look bad. Many seem nice but they're really passive aggressive and will go over your head to complain, so you have no opportunity to directly address issues and resolve problems.

4.0
Oct 5, 2014

Terrible

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Pros

No leadership. No clear direction. Terrible crisis management.

Cons

Staff is terrible. Like being in a clique

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