Unvaccinated? Look elsewhere. - Management Western Union Employee Review

2.0
Aug 10, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work life balance is there, but you have to force it (some are not so lucky and get crushing workloads). Decent benefits, typically flexible with working hours and arrangements, and a lot of genuinely great people to work with. Great if you’re interested in gaining international/global work experience with a diverse employee base.

Cons

Below average market compensation. Constant ongoing change and repeated layoff cycles, ultimately causing even more attrition by overloading remaining workforce. Terribly siloed across regions, making collaboration with colleagues and regular working hours nearly impossible. Sr./Ex. Leadership seems constantly misaligned, and lacking the ability to harmonize execution, causing massive waste of cash and resources. Lack of support to mid-management and down. No stock options for mid-management and down. Not friendly to those unvaccinated, regardless of justification. Has begun to ostracize and single out employees that are unvaccinated (lawfulness here is questionable).

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Western Union Response
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Thank you for sharing detailed feedback. We are pleased that you mentioned work-life balance, benefits, and our work environment as pros. We are proud to be a company with employees in over 50 different countries around the world. However, we’re sorry to hear about the cons you experienced. We strive to provide competitive compensation based on annually reviewed salary market data and analysis. We also understand how management can significantly impact or employees across the organization, so we uphold our leaders to the highest standards. Regarding vaccinations, we encourage our employees to get vaccinated, but this is not a requirement for returning to the office (except where required by law). Western Union leaders remain in close contact with local governments and building administrators on the guidelines for each of our site locations to ensure the continued health and safety of our employees, candidates, customers, and partners. As each company location is at a different stage in the return-to-office process, we continue to monitor the situation and communicate with employees on the local protocols. For example, we are giving individuals at our Denver Headquarters offices, returning to the office, the option to provide their COVID vaccination, or if unvaccinated, attest to receiving regular negative COVID tests, per our employee guidelines. Accommodations will also be made for religious and medical circumstances following local laws. We take to heart all of the feedback we receive from our employees, and we will share your review with the appropriate teams to influence positive change in the organization.

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