WaFd Bank reviews

3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(644 total reviews)
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Brent Beardall

63% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

WaFd Bank has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 644 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WaFd Bank employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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644 reviews
2.0
Apr 2, 2014

Over worked and underpaid.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people here are amazing and extremely helpful. It really seems like everyone is out to improve one another. The company does provide great benefits, and a nice work schedule. Real family atmosphere.

Cons

Extremely underpaid for the amount of work everyone does. Compared to employees at other financial institutions we make almost nothing and do twice the amount of work.

1.0
Apr 2, 2014
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Pros

The only best thing is the fact that my schedule is stable from 8:45 to 515pm, my coworkers are easy to work with and willing to help. It's also great that most of the branches/offices have a nice & clean branch. Also, you don't work on the Weekends so it's great to be able to have life other than work.

Cons

Salary - The salary is so low comparing to other companies. If you're a supervisor, your salary is probably the same as a starting teller in another financial institution. In addition, if you're looking at your responsibilities against you pay, it doesn't seem like a fair wage for someone who has a so much authority/responsibilities especially if you have to cover other positions during a turnover. Also, Hire a legal team to handle the subpoenas, garnishments etc... Hire more people in the security department. Security is a joke, there's only one man on the job for all the Security Operations in the branches. Training - Training lacks direction/structure and consistency. You're pretty much left on your own to learn things on your own. If you're someone who needs structure to learn things, you'll definitely not like the way they do their training here. Employee Appreciation & other Career Opportunities - Our team only got a $40-worth of free lunch (8 bucks for each person) for being no. in the division for the month.

2.0
Apr 2, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Possible bonus twice a year, health insurance, mileage reimbursement

Cons

Suggests employees write good reviews on Glassdoor, low pay, barely above minimum wage, spread too thin with responsibilities, turning into a sales-y big bank.

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