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PENFED Credit Union

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PENFED Credit Union reviews

3.3

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,038 total reviews)
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James Schenck

58% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

PENFED Credit Union has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,038 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PENFED 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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1K reviews
5.0
May 22, 2016

Great Company

Recommend
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Pros

Great growth opportunities, empathetic and smart management team, relaxed productive work environment, people focused both to their member and employees. Just an over all positive outlook on the company

Cons

Like any growing company there a growing pains, customer service roles are heavy soul crushers, but that is everywhere.

3.0
May 12, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

You will never be fired unless you have performance or behavioral issues. PenFed does not hire temps or for peak periods. You are hired until you make it impossible to keep you anymore. Not a lot of OT required. Good opportunities for extra funds if you are in a sales-level position.

Cons

Full time schedule is 37.5 hours and you paid accordingly. Mandatory OT when you're not paid 1.5 times unless you go over 40 hours. Only paid OT if you're hourly. Little transparency in managers. It was difficult to remain genuine to employees when the MO was to keep hush hush about things that didn't need to be kept secret, in my opinion. Little trust is a result of this philosophy.

2.0
Apr 15, 2016

Room for improvement

Recommend
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Pros

Higher up positions pay well. Benefits are good. CEO is a good human being who is trying to change the culture. Employs many that truly care about our members and building relationships within the credit unions. Moving to a new corporate HQ in Tysons Corner hopefully by September. Nice perks for those in management, like event tickets easy to come by.

Cons

High turnover. Mid- to lower level positions are not compensated to market standards. Year end bonus opportunity is quite low compared to industry and even other Credit Unions. Culture of micro-managing. Employees not empowered, even at leadership levels, to make simple decisions that typically even lower-level employees could make at other companies. Employee morale is low and many are regularly looking to leave. Thinly staffed for those that actually perform the work, which relies on management to then complete tasks rather than lead. Technology is not up to industry standard and some time away from changing. Work-life balance is preached, but you will often be asked to work late and weekends without extra compensation. New employee training is a work in progress at best.

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