BBVA reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(3,136 total reviews)
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Onur Genç

89% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

BBVA has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,136 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BBVA 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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3K reviews
2.0
Jun 30, 2014

Run for the hills...you don't want to work here.

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Pros

This really is hard. I've held front and back office positions and was successful in both. Upper Management is clueless to the realities of how business operates now. It's like an ivory tower situation where they all talk about how great they are, while branch employees are getting ripped to shreds and back office employees get worked to death. This would be a great company if the entire culture changed.

Cons

Too numerous to list. They don't care about "talent" and are too stupid to know that they have gifted people right in front of them. Potential doesn't matter, only experience. The pay is well below industry average. I've performed better than most for all of my annual reviews and the best raise I've ever gotten was $900. It doesn't even keep up with inflation.

2.0
Jun 24, 2014

Meh.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work Life balance is pretty good. Tuition reimbursement. Benefits are great even for part time employees. Sales goals are extremely easy to meet each quarter.

Cons

There is no room to advance. Employee turnover is very high, most branches in our district are short at least 2 employees. Our banking systems are definitely not up to date . Don't even get me started with the training modules..

1.0
Jun 22, 2014
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Pros

Not much really. Perhaps some "stability" but that is an illusion. Layoffs are common indeed. Colleagues tend to be nice, normal hardworking people. Some people are confrontational but most of the troops are quite relaxed. If you are a locally hired, non-"strategic" employee, best compensation is when you get hired because it rides a descending curve. Training is a joke, they give you the cheapest they can find. When there are "important" soccer games, it's ok to watch on the company's tv's (best pro of the company)..

Cons

Only those in the inner circle from their home country, enjoy benefits, generous company perks. All others can expect to get the bare minimum standard treatment. Most of us never get ahead. There are old timers with 20, 30 years in the same position they were initially hired. Salary increases barely keep up with inflation. Very commonly your manager will surprise you on bonus day that your performance was subpar so NO bonus for you that year. This is so because bonus announcement is on the same day you get your evaluation, so you have no opportunity to defend your point of view. Since promotion criteria is based solely on your origin and being inside the circle, management is incompetent, unprepared, untrained, egoistical, simply horrible. Even externally hired managers tend to be incompetent. Company is pretty cheap. If you are a "commoner", don't spend a dime more than the bare minimum when they send you on business travel. You won't get reimbursed. Walk or take a bus if you can, don't take a cab. Top management from hq is also horrible. Spain is broke.

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