Union Bank reviews

3.9

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,464 total reviews)
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Greg Seibly

82% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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
1.0
Oct 18, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The culture really prepares you to be a well rounded teller, banker and manager. Your knowledge and skill set is top class as you are to wear many hats at work. A great platform to build ones confidence and expertise in the banking industry. Use this experience and do not be afraid of change to continue growing.

Cons

Bank is so worried about cutting costs at the expense of its employees. Burnt out employees are overworked. Losing lots of great employees as it is no longer a place desirable to work. You are always told to do more and more. Nothing is ever good enough and are told this everyday through emails from your manager. You are expected to take on unrealistic goals and tasks with limited staffing. The staffing model is nonexistent and runs on a skeleton crew. It is not prepared for an employee who is sick, late or on leave. This means employees are asked to work harder with no additional pay and customers being affected with customer service. Employees are reprimanded if service scores are low but we can only control so much with the staffing we have. Union Bank is no longer a bank who cares about its employees but rather a bank who is looking to run its employees to the ground to get every bit of energy out of them. Never thought I'd be writing a review like this. Years of changes in the wrong the direction.

1.0
Jul 31, 2017

one of the worst place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Retirement plan that works like pension.

Cons

Management does not care about the employees. They do not care about what the employees think and what they need. All they think is their egos and their needs! Their EQ is so low. The cannot sympathize with others. When an employee speaks up regarding a problem everyone in the management ignores it. HR and upper level management asks employees to fill out surveys but they do not take negative ones into consideration and they do not take any actions to fix it. Moreover, even though original survey results shows almost everything is red/ negative, they email to employees and say everything is green/ positive.

2.0
Jun 29, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A lot of growth potential and opportunity for improvement at a bank with excess balance sheet capacity, low returns, poor efficiency and stagnant income growth.

Cons

Alarming number of low-level management positions (including director level) are populated by long-term low-achieving employees, many with 10+ years at the bank who have been promoted based on loyalty instead of merit. The low-quality business analysis and management reporting produced at this level is inadequate for senior management to make effective strategic balance sheet and growth decisions, thus causing stagnation and inefficient use of assets.

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