Union Bank
Union Bank Employee Reviews
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Great Benefits, Management needs work
Senior Specialist - Product Management (Former Employee) – Los Angeles, CA – May 22, 2018
My individual boss was AMAZING, and there's nothing I wouldn't do for him. But because of the culture of the bank, his hands were tied as far as the scope of the management. I understand Japanese corporate culture has very strict rules, one being that we got a new CEO every 2 years, no matter what. I feel like this was not good for morale, and often led to confusion about who was in charge, and what was going on. Also, there was not very good communication from management to employees. Changes were often steeped in mystery, and did not seem to have much input from the people actually implementing the changes . Overall, I enjoyed working there, and the benefits and compensation were very generous.
Pros
Great compensation and Benefits
Cons
Poor management training and strategies
Productive and competetive place to work
Senior Customer Service Representative (Former Employee) – Porterville, CA – May 22, 2018
Great place to work! Room for growth and advancement. Great pay and great incentives. Management was very encouraging and helpful. I would recommend working here to anyone.
Pros
Great pay and regular raises
Cons
None
fun place to work and best management team
Senior Teller (Former Employee) – Chula Vista, CA – May 18, 2018
best team ever!!! I dont have a complaint its been one of the best companies I worked for, management is the best and they make the work flow perfect.
Pros
free lunches
Cons
none
A great experience working for the bank
Claims Operations- Claims Specialist (Current Employee) – Brea, CA – May 15, 2018
Learned a lot about reg-E and being in compliance with banking regulations.
Management didn't care for their workers.
Operated as a business that only cared about profit and production.
My department moved to Tempe, AZ. They asked me to join them, but with no incentive whatsoever.
Management didn't care for their workers.
Operated as a business that only cared about profit and production.
My department moved to Tempe, AZ. They asked me to join them, but with no incentive whatsoever.
Stressful job, but hours were good
Bank Teller (Former Employee) – San Diego, CA – May 10, 2018
Working for Union Bank of California was a lot of fun and stressful all at the same time. Having to sell accounts and tying to make people open accounts was very stressful. I feel that if people wanted to get an account they would come in and ask to open the account.
More opportunity for growth
HR VP, OD and Learning Manager (Current Employee) – California – May 9, 2018
Good company to work for if you have a passion for the banking industry. While the company is over 150 years old, there is still a lot of growing that needs to occur enterprise wide.
Work it out yourself
Operations Specialist, Customer Support (Current Employee) – Monterey Park, CA – May 9, 2018
While other banks harp on the idea of collaboration, at UnionBank, a lot of the information is not shared until absolutely necessary. Many instances of "figure it out" and "ask so-and-so because they're they're the king/queen (of the product)."
Pros
cafeteria, new costco opening n may 2018
Cons
favortism, management and expectations
great place to work
Processing Team Supervisor (Current Employee) – Tempe, AZ – May 8, 2018
I enjoyed my time and was sad to go. I felt they invested time in their employees. The company gave me growth opportunities. Management training. Wanted management involved in the changes that occurred.
Union Bank was once a great place to work. No longer.
VP Finance and Administration (Former Employee) – San Francisco, CA – May 7, 2018
As the Union Bank grew larger and integrated with the MUFG operations in New York, the job scope of most employees shrank as did the opportunities for people at Union Bank prior to the integration. Perhaps the most frustrating part of working at the bank is the failure of the management back east to understand and evaluate input coming out of the West Coast operation.
Pros
Money is acceptable
Cons
Unappreciated and unchallenged
So far the best
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II (Former Employee) – Walnut Creek, CA – May 3, 2018
I loved working for Union Bank because it was very satisfying and many opportunities. Very good company to work for and there are many department and lot to learn and so. Best benefits ever, employee appreciation is the best.
Good company but overwhelming
Branch Service Specialist (Former Employee) – Yorba Linda, CA – May 1, 2018
UB is a great place to work great benefits and hours sometimes can get a little stressful meeting monthly and quarterly goals and very strict environment which is good and bad at the same time
Productive and comfortable work place
Processor (Former Employee) – Monterey Park, CA – April 28, 2018
Working at MUFG was a good working experience. A typical day there was clocking in and getting into your "typing" zone. I learned how to use 10 key and at a fast pace. The management there was very kind and helpful.
Good company to work for in banking life
AML/BSA Operations Analyst (Former Employee) – Oakland, CA – April 25, 2018
You know what your tasks were on any typical day because of your specialty. The workplace culture was typical corporate environment. The most enjoyable part of the job was feeling a sense of accomplishment after a days work.
Pros
None
Cons
None
working at Union Bank is an introductory job into banking
Operations Specialist (Former Employee) – Riverside, CA – April 25, 2018
Working at Union Bank is an introductory job into banking. It was just ok, I just flew under the radar until I found a path in banking I really wanted to do.
Great opportunity
Branch Service Specialist (Former Employee) – Point Loma, CA – April 23, 2018
Union Bank is the best work environment especially for those who are growing in a work force. Union Bank is a great place to learn customer service tactics.
Pros
health care and paid time off
Cons
nothing
Better than other banks
Executive Assistant (Current Employee) – Walnut Creek, CA – April 23, 2018
Based on what it is like to work at other banks, Union Bank is a bit better. Like with most employers, it all depends on your manager. I have had both horrendous and absolutely amazing managers. Overall, it can be overly clique-ish and political and the benefits are not as good as they were. Also, there has been tremendous turn-over for the last four years do to so many departmental and budgetary changes.
Pros
Decent pay
Cons
Increasingly political and lots of turn-over
Very productive and competitve environment
MANAGER OPERATIONS (Former Employee) – Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa – April 23, 2018
One of the best banks of Pakistan. Unfortunately is no longer exists, it was acquired by Standard Chartered bank. It has best service ever. It set new standards of services in banking industry of Pakistan.
Sr. Relationship Banker
Sr. Relationship Banker (Former Employee) – Santa Paula, CA – April 20, 2018
I believe the sales goals are set unfairly because they do not take the demographics into account when setting goals for bankers as the same all across the board no matter if you are in an affluent community or a low income community.
It truly makes no sense.
It truly makes no sense.
Pros
Benefits
Cons
Stress and poor management
good
AVP/BANKING CENTER MANAGER (Former Employee) – Los Angeles, CA – April 19, 2018
I just didn't see myself growing with them at the time. I wanted to go into the private bank but didn't have the opportunity to get licensed. when i wanted. I had my 6 & 63 but I needed my 7
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