Happen Bank reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(993 total reviews)
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Scott Sanborn

75% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Happen Bank has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 993 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Happen Bank employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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993 reviews
2.0
Jun 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Good Benefits if you're single. -Great location in the heart of the financial district in SF. -Great perks like a free coffee bar, unlimited snacks, 15 min massage chairs, mini golf, ping pong. -Great people. You're co-workers are very intelligent and good at their jobs. -Good incentives: double OT pay, free lunches, prize wheel, fitbits, etc.

Cons

-They started lowering the pay standards so compensation is not what it once was. -Very metric oriented. You are in a call center and you may feel like you don't matter as a person. -Communication inter-departmentally is very poor. Marketing doesn't communicate with anyone. Product doesn't communicate with Customer Service about new products or releases. This lack of communication leaves agents unprepared to answer questions or assist with any new marketing literature or product changes. -The company tries new things out all the time and more times than not, it causes problems instead of solutions. There isn't much foresight. -Advancement is entirely political and not based on merit. You may be the best candidate for a role, but you need to make friends with all management and kiss up a lot. -You will not gain transferable skills in this role to advance your career. They advertise you can try anything you want but there is limited opportunity to do so, and what is available is lackluster. -Due to the former CEO's scandal, trust in the industry is fading and it's harder for the company to fund their loans.

1.0
Apr 23, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

exciting to be in Fintech - a new type of industry; great office location

Cons

Bad culture, unfriendly people, overworked and unhappy employees

3.0
Nov 21, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Convenient downtown/FiDi location, easy access to BART. Mostly good people working in Operations/Support department. If you like free snacks, you'll probably love it. Room for advancement if you know the right people and suck up.

Cons

You definitely feel like you're only a number in the Support department. You're tracked with metrics indicating if you're following adherence and staying in queue; don't want to fall under 93% or you'll get a lecture. Most of the reps are actively looking for other work; no one seems to be genuinely happy doing the work. LC likes to promote their Yoga classes and Massages you can get but good luck getting off the phones to be able to take advantage of any of that stuff. You spend all day talking to people who are not really financially savvy & sometimes they don't realize what they're getting themselves into. LC has a very aggressive (maybe even manipulative) marketing tactic to get people to apply for these loans. If you've been in one call center, you've been in them all. Pay is on the lower scale for similar jobs w/ other companies.

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