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
1.0
Mar 22, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Location is good, snacks in the kitchen, people are cool. If you are a developer, a lot of new projects/opportunities to learn something very quick. Pay/benefits was good too.

Cons

Culture in technology department is really bad. Expectations in terms how much you should work were super high. Constant overtimes, and absolutely no work-life balance. Management wants to squeeze as much juice from you as possible selling you "the dream" of changing world (in real life it's one of many of these companies in San Francisco which if it disappears overnight nobody even notices). It's not something you talk about loud, but everybody is aware. It's not easy for people to stay motivated receiving only very little of appreciation for working hard and watching stock going down. Speaking of lower-middle-management in technology department who works with developers directly. I've heard it's hard to hire decent talent these days in San Francisco. But is it that bad? There were almost no any company/team events and no any budget for it. Office is open-space, supposed to be collaborative environment, really noisy all the time, a lot of people constantly "collaborating" by your desk. I strongly recommend to buy noise-cancellation headphones right away. There is not any work from home policy and not coming any time soon. People were trying to come up with excuses all the time explaining why they would have to work from home today like "My wife/dog/cat is not feeling well today." There is huge believe in new hires and hiring top talent. I think in overall my coworkers were good, but not sure about "top talent". I don't think it is possible until stock will show constant and stable growth. I would focus on working with people who are already with the company and be really careful about keeping them there.

4.0
Mar 22, 2016

software engineer

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good culture, good people, nice office

Cons

less communication, need more spaces, need more PM

2.0
Mar 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting work, industry leader, talented leadership team that truly cares and is in it for the long haul. Great core product.

Cons

Certain groups give annual promotions for hard work, sometimes double promotions, while other groups only promote the team all star. When there are no raises without promotions this leaves you confused as you go years without a raise and receive a pitiful bonus. Makes you lose motivation and not want to work hard. Management is focused on new products only and will eventually be faced with issues in the core product line. New middle management is not motivated due to worthless equity and it frustrates junior employees that have been loyal to the company for several years.

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