CoBank reviews

Pay is below market value (even after the “market adjustments” that were done), cost of living raise is skipped some years. Depending on what project you are working on, you are expected to put in a ridiculous amount of hours. Holidays, weekends, with no additional compensation. IT and SDLC best practices are not followed and there is a major lack of testing which leads to their IT systems being a complete disaster.

CoBank management is inconsistent at best. Several managers have received promotions only because of their longevity in a department. Unfortunately those managers tend to have minimal skills on how to effectively manage a group of people and teams start falling apart. Promotions from those types of managers are few and far between, especially if you don’t fall into the white male category. All HR policies are not enforced bank-wide as some are left up to management discretion. At the beginning of COVID the bank implemented a work-from-home policy which was very commendable. CoBank is now in the beginning stages of a voluntary return to office plan but some managers have pressured some employees to return to the office - the “voluntary” part has totally been removed from the employee.