Is Union Bank a good company to work for?

Union Bank has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 1,591 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 66% of employees would recommend working at Union Bank to a friend and 47% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Union Bank have been left by employees working as Branch Service and Sales Officer , Relationship Banker and Branch Service Specialist .

Does Union Bank pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Union Bank employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Union Bank. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Union Bank?

66% of Union Bank employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Union Bank 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Union Bank?

Senior Relationship Banker (71) , Branch Service Specialist (59) , Vice President (47) , Bank Teller (33) , Teller (31) , Analyst (19) , Branch Manager (19) , Director (19) , Project Manager (17) , Relationship Banker (17) , Assistant Vice President (16) , Customer Service Representative (16) , Manager (15) , Financial Analyst (12) , Senior Software Engineer (11)

What are the pros of working at Union Bank according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits including contribution to a pension plan and company match 401" ((in 140 reviews)); "The people are great and helpful" ((in 110 reviews)); "work life balance is good too" ((in 58 reviews)); "Salary is good and ahead of competition" ((in 32 reviews)); "Great coworkers" ((in 23 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Union Bank according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management was not good" ((in 82 reviews)); "Local Managers have no discretionary control to manage their teams (must get approval from Board of Directors for major decisions)" ((in 37 reviews)); "Bad Upper management" ((in 30 reviews)); "senior management won't make decisions and are too afraid to." ((in 28 reviews)); "Poor leadership." ((in 25 reviews))

What are employees saying about Union Bank layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Union Bank layoffs and their outlook for job security at Union Bank in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Union Bank locations?

Los Angeles , San Francisco , San Diego , Monterey Park , Tempe , Irvine , Brea , New York , Orange , Seattle , Oakland , San Jose , Santa Barbara , Jersey City , Phoenix , Riverside , Walnut Creek , La Jolla , Arlington , Fresno , Ventura , San Bernardino , Everett , Charlotte , Beverly Hills , Dana Point , Fullerton , Gardena , Laguna Niguel , Mission Viejo

Union Bank reviews

3.9

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,464 total reviews)

Greg Seibly

82% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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Union Bank has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,464 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Union Bank 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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1K reviews

3.0

Nov 5, 2015

Exhaustive Change without sufficient focus and communication...

Managing director

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Pros

The people you are fortunate enough to work with day to day and build collaborative relationships with... Unfortunately this is changing rapidly as I've noted in the Cons section below.

Cons

Antiquated technology systems, far too many major changes and constant restructuring within lines of businesses with numerous layoffs recently and the downsizing of benefits without consistent, clear direction and communication to where the company is actually going since merging with MUFG. Increased offshoring and relocation of operations from CA to AZ... Far too much verbose talk from Leadership about valuing people and work/life balance without actually walking the walk of supporting it. Additionally, Leadership does not fully appreciate the value and contributions of tenured talent.

1.0

Feb 12, 2018

Third Rate Bank Trying to be First Rate--They will never make it. Avoid them

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

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Pros

I work here as a senior analyst. People stay here for decades with very little advancement. A lot of lifers in the company. Everything is insanely manual(I cannot stress this point enough), and tech improvements are only promises. A lot of micromanagement. Spent a lot of time explaining errors over penny differences. There is a report for everything and the useful ideas are overlooked. Only positive thing was the reasonable work schedule of 9-5:30 with a 1 hour lunch, hard to find that in finance now.

Cons

MUFG is not one company but two. Union Bank (retail bank) on the west coast of the USA and (Bank of Tokyo Commercial Bank) on the east coast merged to become MUFG a few years ago, One bank, two cultures. The powers that be in Japan decided that worst of all benefits should be established within the bank upon the merger. Paid time off, healthcare etc. should become the least desirable upon the merger. The powers that be also believed that management of the retail bank (west coast) should take over roles of the commercial bank (east coast). Not a smart move as many of the best employees have left. Technology is antiquated. Capable people are few. HR is a joke. It is best to stay away until the growing pains end (if they ever do)

2.0

Aug 14, 2017

Would not recommend to a friend; to a foe, maybe.

Analyst

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Pros

Compensation is good, however it may be because they are short of competent people.

Cons

Management has gotten too top-heavy, dysfunctional and highly political since the merger with the east. It is no longer an appreciative and healthy environment that it was, some 10 years ago. Cost-cutting measures in the wrong places drove good people away. Poor work-life balance especially in IT.

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Exhaustive Change without sufficient focus and communication...

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