Univest reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(137 total reviews)

Jeffrey M. Schweitzer

85% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Univest has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 137 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Univest 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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137 reviews
1.0
Sep 16, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent hours for a small bank.

Cons

No work-life balance if you're a manager. If you work in Philadelphia (South Region), then you'll be working with a clueless Area Leader that lies about everything and has no regard for anyone but himself. A lot of gaslighting and abuse comes from the President of Consumer Services. The pay for a manager is laughable and the incentive plan is an even bigger joke. There's also an extreme amount of favoritism. Financial centers always claim to be understaffed, when in reality it's not true. When coverage is needed for an actual financial center that is understaffed, the financial center managers who have more than enough staff to give never want to assist. Saturday hours for certain financial centers are pointless, but if you say something to upper management they don't care because they aren't the ones working. Area leader for the South Region is hypocritical due to him holding managers to standards that he himself never did before he was given the area leadership role. There's a bunch of pointless meetings that can easily be emails, but since the Area Leader for the South Region loves to hear himself talk, he insists on holding these meetings. The CEO also sends a weekly email each Friday telling employees of the company what he's doing and how he's going away with his family. In those emails are pictures of him with his family at what are high priced venues and pictures of the family in front of their nice and lavish home. I'm not one to be jealous, but I believe that can be extremely demoralizing to those employees who can't afford that kind of lifestyle even though they work harder than most of the upper management. Plus, it's just bad taste to be reminded on a weekly basis how easy the CEO has it and how hard and underprivileged most employees have it. The President of Consumer Services also plans an annual gathering at Hershey Park/Dorney Park that is VOLUNTARY, for financial center employees, and if you don't attend then she gets very angry and begins to act very childish.

1.0
Jun 27, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There was free coffee and paperclips.

Cons

If you were buddies with management (departmental and senior) you were probably pretty well treated. You probably felt respected, appreciated, and valued. However, if you weren't on the VIP List, you had to work WELL beyond your own pay grade just to get a half-way-decent review for your current pay grade. "Integrity" is one of their core values. It's a bit difficult to endorse that when you see so many people(management and HR) whose behavior falls WAY short of the mark; and sometimes even crosses over the legal line. I always wondered what would happen if the employees there ever formed their own labor union.

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Univest Response
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Thank you for taking time to leave a review. I'm genuinely sorry to hear about your experience at Univest. Our hope is that all Univest employees feel their experience here is one that reflects our core values and The Univest Way. Your feedback is helpful so we can build on our strengths and fix what's not working. Thank you again for the honest feedback - I wish you all the best in your new job!
3.0
Jul 11, 2016

FSC Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work/life balance Community oriented Launching pad for greater career in finance

Cons

Pay very low for level of work asked Senior Management extremely shaky Senior Micro-Management Lack of clear future plan

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