GTE Financial reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(189 total reviews)
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92% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

GTE Financial has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 189 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GTE 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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189 reviews
1.0
Nov 26, 2013

Despicable Management

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Pros

Decent pay compared to most Tampa Bay area credit unions, generous paid time off, nice HQ building with a great gym.

Cons

Members of management, beginning with the CEO down to at least the Asst VP level, practice what they call an "open and honest" management style, which means they relentlessly criticize, abuse, and threaten those employees they may not like for any variety of real or superficial reasons. Fail to use the latest buzz word or slogan, you may be accused of not being an employee "engaged in the culture of change." You are encouraged to share your opinion and recommend changes, but your opinion and recommendations better be in line with those of management, or you will regret it. Employee turnover since 2010 has been extensive, but the board, whose members, by and large, have been same for over a decade doesn't seem to be concerned as long as it's members get to keep their company credit cards and continue to get their free; i.e., credit union funded, trips to nice (expensive) places. If you are looking for a job to serve credit union members, this company is not for you.

1.0
Nov 11, 2013

A Once Respected Credit Union is sadly now a bit of a Joke

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Pros

As an employee who has seen GTE Financial as an employee under two CEOs It is a Credit Union that has all the technology a Credit Union could want for, a wonderful HQ's campus and still a few employees who care about the Member Owners.

Cons

In 2010 when the merger failed and new leadership came in GTE quickly became a place you had to be fake to survive, endure passive aggressive insults from the C-level management egos and keep your mouth shut to keep your job even if you were making a suggestion about what was clearly best for the non profit cooperative.Things have gotten worse as they have had to add more and more creative interpretation to their search for examples of success of their strategies. The mostly stagnate Board of Directors compounds GTE's problems with their complacency and are more concerned about receiving their "Perks" and what's for lunch than doing any real work on committees and representing the interests of the Credit Union Members or concerns raised by the employees.

1.0
Oct 23, 2013

The Bold Honest Truth

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Pros

You will get paid and you will have a nice place to work. There are nice people that work here who really want GTE to be all it is presented to be.

Cons

Senior Management. What you will read in these reviews I have just read myself is the bold honest truth. I am so disappointed in how I have seen people be treated here. Senior management is the core of the toxicity in this company. Favoritism is alive and well, it's who you know, not what you know. The Rah Rah Hooplah that the Talent department puts out is all to compensate for the lack on integrity in the management team. The CEO is blind to the issues that exist. If you get hired at GTE make it a "band-aid" til you receive your next job offer. The pay is mediocre but the workload is tremendous.

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