Columbia Bank reviews

2.8

33% would recommend to a friend

(965 total reviews)
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Clint Stein

30% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Columbia Bank has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 965 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Columbia Bank employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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965 reviews
1.0
May 17, 2020

Race to the bottom- run away!

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Pros

Great customers, great employees, previously great culture, decent leave, 40 hours of community service

Cons

Where to start? Corporate shift to sales/production vs. customer service in a downsizing market has led to questionable, unethical and downright unlawful decisions being made. Mid to senior management is playing game of musical chairs and seeking to protect their backsides at the expense of the branches and blaming others for their own deficiencies and lack of experience in a sales driven environment. If you are desperate enough to accept a job here I hope you love your below market salary you are hired at as that is what you will be stuck with since there are no annual raises. Be prepared to work through lunches and perform the work of at least 3 employees as positions remain vacant and qualified staff find better opportunities elsewhere leaving the dregs and unfilled FTE behind. If you are a manager be prepared to become a teller, UA, RB, recruiter, trainer, and on top of that, you will have the same production goals as the line staff and expected to spend 35% of your time sourcing loans... and you're the manager! If you have banking experience you will be expected to headhunt at former employers. I forgot to mention the antiquated systems that take 10-11 screen changes just to open an account and all the time senior management preaching "technology and efficiency" for customer service. Don't even ask about training or opportunities for advancement.

1.0
Jan 3, 2019

Worst yr of my Life

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Pros

Looking back not sure there were any.

Cons

I had commercial banking experience and business banking experience for 15 yrs prior to being hired. They reduced me to being a teller processing in/out transactions. The mgr I had micro managed use so bad it drove me insane. she was very young I think it was her way of making them think she had control. There were 3 of us in our branch and the other 2 were best friends they came in late, routinely broke the rules, went against regulations, played questionable games that were more geared for bachlor parties not work. Forged a customer signature on documents, forged survey information to make themselves look good. Which got them praise from the upper mgmt even thoughthey lied and cheated. It was extreme vicious enviroment to work in it made me phyiscally sick. 1 yr to the day I left walked out.... I had had it the back stabbing, undermining, and lack of professinalism was too much for me to bear anylonger.

1.0
Oct 25, 2018

Avoid this place!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Ok medical. You get paid.

Cons

The UB culture is a joke. The opposite of everything they claim. Mean and ugly. Sadistic. The worst. Micromanaging, head person on total ego trip, lots of politics and backstabbing which the head person either tolerates or enables.

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