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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1.0
Jul 9, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

-The only thing good about UB is the relax environment, which could be a major con too. If you want to move up in the organization or get things completed in a reasonable amount of time, it's not going to happened at UB. -If you have no ambition or want a job where you clock in and do the bare minimum, UB is the place. -UB is trying to implement an Agile culture and they hired consultants to help with the implementation. But they don't listen to the consultants and tell the consultants "we're doing it our way" ; thus, wasting millions of dollars. This is the prime example of UB's great ability to waste large amounts of money. -UB's new Agile culture is going to blow up in their face because they don't even know how to implement it or know what they're doing. Plus, their culture isn't made more a proactive environment as UB resembles a government agency. Agile requires accountability and competency, which are two things UB doesn't possess. -Filled with Project Managers, Accounting/Finance employees, Directors, and Developers with inflated job titles who are nothing more than paper pushers that can't even fill out the paperwork or explain their own reports. -Developers are a joke here. Code gets pushed out that doesn't meet the project requirements nor do they test the code to see if it works.

Cons

-Raises are a joke. There are better paying jobs at their competitors and smaller banks. -401(k) employee match is 4%, which is the minimum safe harbor match and below national average of 4.7% per Fidelity. -They're planning to cut $100M of expenses in the next 5 years, so massive layoffs are coming. -Consistent reorganizations and "lighthouse" layoffs practically every year. In other words, they're always laying off people due to cost issues. However, management never looks at the departments that are causing the inefficiency and where the costs are consistently being added. Their response is to promote the people who are the cause of the inefficiency. -The average UB employee tenure is 10-15 years who are receiving a cost heavy pension plans. These employees lack competency, vision, accountability, and initiative as they do the bare minimum and wait out their pension payouts. -Narrow minded employees who don't see the bigger picture and only focus on their little area. They push back when recommendations are suggested. -Incompetency and lack of accountability at all levels of the organizations. There are Managing Directors who will not put anything in email especially when it comes to their projects being written off. -UB is a process heavy organization where they think adding an additional process onto an already inefficient process is always the solution instead of evaluating the current process. -Projects take anywhere from 3-5 years to finish. Once finish, the technology is obsolete and they have to write it off and then they decide to go with an outside vendor.

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Thank you for your candor and sharing your thoughts on working here. We’re sorry you’ve had less an ideal experience in your time here. We appreciate you providing a review and request you share your specific concerns with a member of Employee Relations, an HR Business Partner or contact the MUFG Americas Integrity Line if you wish to remain anonymous. We strictly prohibit retaliation of any kind against individuals who report in good faith suspected violations of bank policy, laws and regulations.
1.0
Sep 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

location is in downtown San Francisco--close to shopping and restaurants in the financial district. Easy access to public transportation.

Cons

The CEO is clueless--just a numbers guy. He has no leadership skills and has reduced benefits, built a culture of suspicion and mediocre staff, there is no trust of employees, even salaried professionals are treated like clock punchers. When you don't treat your employees with respect and trust they won't treat your clients very well. Get a clue dude or read some management 101 textbooks and get a couple best sellers on leadership.

1.0
Mar 9, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nothing is positive about working at this bank,no one cares about each other, no one wants to help. Everyone man woman and child is on their own. it's not that difficult to know when someone or a team is disengaged but UB Management doest care...

Cons

No work life balance Upper management does care and does not want to hear or know what is wrong with the new Regional Bank

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