Pros
Company treats employees fairly and not the worst place to work at but also not the best place either. Salary qualifies you for low income housing.
Cons
Very difficult to get promoted or move up within the organization. When I started they used to promote from within but that has been going down recently as they look to hire people from the outside if the internal candidates aren't what they like. Why would someone stay if they knew they had no chance for advancement? There is high turnover within the company as people don't stay too long. While at one time the company had good benefits those have been whittled down or are in going away so you can see almost a two tiers of employees. There are people who have a pension and been there for a number of years and then most everyone else has been there a few years. The average employee stays under 5 years and there are thousands of employees. There were some women in leadership roles who kind of treat the company as a sorority. Once you get there you would understand. Also, there is limit amount of minorities in leadership roles. While much of the credit union are minorities at Headquarters only a limited amount have high ranking positions. I cannot talk about Florida where many of the positions are going. Also, if you work in Virginia there is a chance your position could go to Florida at sometime in the future. Lastly, the company makes it out like they never lay people off but they do fire people. It isn't too hard for them to "find a reason" to fire employees. While I was there they did have departments that were eliminated and they moved the employees to different sections. Overall not the worst place to work but don't get stuck there too long. Probably a decent place to start for a first job but maybe not somewhere to spend your career.
