Senior Management is weak - Anonymous employee WaFd Bank Employee Review

1.0
Jul 9, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not much. If you like a job with low pay, low morale and low expectations this would be a good fit.

Cons

Senior management is always chasing the next shiny object rather than being strategic in its thinking and direction. Technology and systems are outdated. This is a 100 year old company and technology hasn’t progressed much since then. Processes are manual and errors are consistent. Only way for career growth is to join the good old boy program and become a “yes man”.

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thank you for your post. I may respectively disagree with a number of the points your make but respect your perspective and would like to discuss directly so I can learn more if you would be willing.

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