What is important when choosing an employer - Talent Acquisition Advisor Western Union Employee Review

5.0
Apr 1, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It seems that almost a few weeks ago we were celebrating the magical time of Christmas, who could have thought back then that after a couple of months we would be facing a global pandemic... Today I am celebrating one year at Western Union and to be really honest - that one year passed like one month. During this quarantine I would like to share my biggest findings: - The team is one of the keys to your success. Meaning that you can be the best individual contributor in the world but without a good team it gets pretty hard to move forward. - Company's culture and its' values. It is really important to identify whether your company's values coincide together with yours. It is far more satisfying to do the job when you believe in the purpose and the cause. - Strong leadership. Without having good guidance it gets pretty hard to move forward and develop oneself.

Cons

None cons that I could think of.

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Western Union Response
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No cons?! This is what we love to hear! #WUHOO! We're glad to hear that you enjoy working with your teammates and that you love the working environment and company values! We strive to create a culture where all our employees feel fulfilled with the work they are doing at the company. Congratulations on your first work anniversary at Western Union! We appreciate you taking the time to write a review, and we're glad to have you on our team!

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A company with an inspiring mission that is beginning to transform, an executive team that has gotten much better with recent departures, the opportunity to make a difference every day

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

- There are so many kind, hard working people here that make it genuinely nice to come into the office - The office itself is really modern, great Mountain views, and fun monthly office hours where leaders from around the business discuss their work - Some senior leadership here are visionaries who reflect strong hiring decisions from the ET and they give me hope that perhaps the company isn’t sinking deep in quick sand

Cons

- Peformance reviews mean nothing. There is a limit to how many people per team can be given “meets expectations,” regardless of if you meet your goals. I have coworkers—young, new to the company, and excited to learn more, support other teams beyond there’s—who have only ever “partially met expectations”. As such, they have disengaged because what’s the point of working to meet expectations if in the end you won’t, even if you tried? - Glassdoor reviews are 90% correct. Yes, you have your portion of dissatisfied employees who do/did nothing for 20 years and are pissed that someone is now keeping track of progress on work they said they’d do, but for the most part people are sharing unfortunately true and candid experiences. I know people who have worked here for 1yr, first job out of college, who feel so frustrated by the lack of actioning against our ever precarious place in the market - Beyond Strategy…a list of large targets that breakdown into more targets that break down into more targets… it’s a classic case of can’t have your cake and eat it too. You’re telling me you want 20,000 worth of tech hours of work to be completed, but then also are enacting mass layoffs and hiring freezes? People all over the corporate ladder have BEGGED the CEO to narrow the scope to 3-5 big wins. Instead, nothing gets taken off the table and everything gets half baked and delayed because tech teams can’t focus their efforts on a few big items (nevermind the fact that these poor teams work ungodly hours…)…crazy thing is, if they focused on a smaller scope, they’d probably get work done faster and then get to move on to the items that didn’t make that top list!!! Wowwwwww!!! Capacity management!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Some big wigs up top voted for Trump then got upset when their US retail sucks…FAFO! Almost as if the main demographic of retail customers in the US are the exact people terrorized by ICE! Mind boggling… - They know how bad the company looks to people and they know about these Glassdoor reviews!! They have a team working on improving these!!! So if you see some really short, really positive, non specific reviews reviews…yeah… - Unlimited PTO…please. 20 days before you get flagged for a conversation with your manager

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