Pros
Overall a good place to work, very relaxed dress code, industry standard benefits package. More and more of a "nothing special" type place to be. See below. Can't really argue with the logistical/scheduling aspect of work/life balance at a financial institution - literal banker's hours with a dozen or so paid holidays. Great place to bank as a customer, decreasingly desirable as an employee.
Cons
Lots of "local" and "true to our roots" posturing, which admittedly looks great on the outside. Internally, a different narrative is forming and is doing so more rapidly in the past few months. Company culture is eroding, which has been noticed by both front-facing and backend employees in various departments. Valley Strong is a corporate bank in local credit union's clothing. Lots of big corporate influence has been brought in within the past year (to aid in and continue pretty aggressive expansion) and it not only shows but is making this company a different place. Unfortunately, in many instances this is for the worse. CEO, aside from being an outright jerk, is a child who stole dad's Ferrari and doesn't know how to handle it. He's surrounded himself with big corporate acumen and influence on the senior leadership level - "too many cooks." The financial district influence is completely at odds with what the great majority of the company's workforce is used to and has come to love and respect about where they work. At the moment, the number of people on their way out the door or at least expressing unhappiness is small enough to be written off as standard attrition by those higher up in the company. If they continue down this path actual thought may need to go into correcting course. Go figure. Until then, anything to avoid a mirror, it seems. Still not a horrible place to be, but it's doing everything it can to get there. Criticism such as this is coolly dismissed by upper leadership as they eye the next shiny "initiative" to spend money on. Anything to avoid putting it on our paychecks.
