Great place to get foot into Banking - Personal Banker WaFd Bank Employee Review

3.0
Oct 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free beverages, 9-5pm hours, friendly co-workers, not much sale pressure to open accounts like other banks, great 401k, low health, dental costs

Cons

Lack of training, low wages, favoritism, forced to learn everything through trial and error, poor tech for a bank, very conservative bank

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Pros

The leadership at all levels is outstanding

Cons

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2.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

Primarily remote work. Decent PTO after the 4th year.

Cons

Limited staffing and limiting overtime opportunities until the bitter end of potentially missing deadlines, which you are guilted into working. 2% "raise" every January and ZERO merit raises. Gutted profit sharing and profitability bonuses over time. Most recent bonus, which is tied to net profit after dividends, was given a result when the scale was never published. All previous bonuses had a floor-to-ceiling profit scale that showed the targets months in advance of the end of the bonus period.

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