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University Federal Credit Union

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University Federal Credit Union reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(201 total reviews)

Michael Crowl

50% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

University Federal Credit Union has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 201 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The University Federal Credit Union 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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201 reviews
3.0
Mar 30, 2011

Epitome of a dead end job

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Pros

The majority of people who work at UFCU are great and create a wonderful working environment. As others have mentioned, the culture is relatively laid back, though there is more emphasis on selling products to members than perhaps there used to be. Supervisors and Managers are great and usually care about their employees. Co-workers have a true sense of team work, which also contributes to the good working environment. Retirement benefits (company sponsored 401k) are very good and they have a great FMLA policy to allow both women and men to take off extended time for family medical leave (including births of children).

Cons

Executives are often distant and several senior managers don't really seem to take an interest in the development of their employees and are often immersed in meetings making them unavailable to staff. As others have mentioned, there is little to no opportunity for advancement within the company, which results in employees often making lateral moves within the organization in order to broaden their experience. Development of employees into leadership (or higher paying) positions is likewise stifled. HR will tell all applicants that they pride themselves with 'promoting from the inside,' but the reality is there hasn't been a significant internal promotion in quite sometime. Employee compensation is woefully inadequate for the amount of work that is required and market research shows that for an organization of their size, UFCU underpays their employees considerably. Also, some executive initiatives/ decisions are extremely poorly executed, resulting in both staff and member frustration. Executives have also been known to suddenly restructure the organization, giving little notice to the employees affected.

1.0
Jan 18, 2023

If you’re in tech… RUN AWAY

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Pros

The benefits and pay are comparable to industry standards but that’s about it.

Cons

-Absolutely ZERO standardized training. The leadership within systems and IT are severely unqualified for their positions and are simply in their roles due the tenure and nothing else. They expect you to adhere to “ad hoc” spur of the moment trainings but then provide no tools, or KBA’s for personal review. -No room for advancement within the company, unless you are part of the “mean girls” crew. The culture within mortgage is literally a popularity contest. It’s all about how long you’ve been there, and who you know. You will notice this at the first company gathering you attend. You will easily be able to see the “cool kids table”. This said table is full of all the tenure employees who do nothing but brag and boast about their mediocre performances, making a normal everyday work task sound as if they invented the wheel, when it’s literally just a job requirement. -ABHORRENT workplace favoritism. You will be working along side long time employees completing work at the same level as them, with the same level of accuracy, if not at a higher level, yet if a single mistake is made you will be the employee targeted for mistakes while your tenured co-workers will be completely looked over. -HR assistance. When trouble arises with your leadership team do not expect any help from the HR team, especially if your leader has been with the company longer than 5 years. Whatever the issue it will be your fault. Even if you bring verifiable proof that you are being targeted by your members of leadership. -Windows 95 level technology. The company requires that you be a member of the credit union in order to receive direct deposit. They will not direct deposit into any other institution. This wouldn’t be too bad except for the fact that they offer ZERO atm reimbursement, and they only have locations in texas. Their phone app also doesn’t allow for check scan deposits, zelle transfers or basically ANY OTHER BANKING OPTION needed for mobile use. On top of that, when you’re hired there is “fine print” that states that the credit union has the right to monitor how at what you spend your money on as an employee. -Endless meetings. You will have between 5 and 10 meetings scheduled per day EVERYDAY. So much so that you will have to block off time on your calendar to complete the work that you were hired to do. These meetings will consist of aforementioned discussions listed above. It will be leadership teams using meeting buzzwords to make it seem as though they have completed loads of work l, when in reality they’ve made a single phone call or email. -Help from Co-workers. You absolutely will not find this here. You will be directed to some random file in a folder that hasn’t been touched or edited in 2-5 years. This file will literally be just random notes that a former employee jotted down with zero structure or process. And that’s if you can even get your co-workers attention through email or teams. You will constantly see them (and leadership) “away” or “offline” for hours out of the day with no explanation as to where they were or what they were doing.

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University Federal Credit Union Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review; we’re sorry this was your experience as a UFCU employee. We shared your feedback with our leadership team in hopes that all UFCU employees (new and tenured) feel valued and empowered, especially as our cooperative continues to grow.
1.0
Nov 12, 2015

A perfect example of why CUs don't deserve tax exempt status

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Pros

The core people who are still there care about the organization and the membership. They are involved in the community if it makes financial sense for them. Might still be a decent PT college job due to banker's hours and holidays off.

Cons

The current leadership team is pure banking and make me glad I got out while I could. While they are involved in the community it's only as a marketing position if they can use it for profit. E.g., UFCU Disch-Falk field in East Austin? Sure! A UFCU branch in Westlake? Sure! A UFCU Branch (or even ATM) in East Austin where A LOT of their underserved customers (yes, customers, they're not treated like true members.) live? Not a chance. Let RBFCU (from San Antonio) open a branch. The NCUA let RBFCU open a branch in UFCU field of membership as even they indicated that UFCU was not serving them. Everything this place has become is simply an homage to the CEO's ego. If UFCU wants to be a bank, it should be taxed like one. Long story short, good people who care about membership and not just about their own personal achievement are either pushed out or have run away from this place.

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