Bbva Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Bbva full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Considerate and caring people
Pockets of enthusiastic people striving to improve themselves and the company
Lots of opportunity to learn and grow as a person, even if not as an employee

Cons – Inefficient processes and weak systems implementation
Extremely bureaucratic
Without speaking Spanish, you will struggle to survive
Cronyism overshadows meritocracy

Advice to Senior Management – Learn to delegate, not just from management down, but also geographically speaking - Head Office should not be a black box that makes decisions and does not answer questions, nor should it micro-manage its employees thousands of miles away --- Dual-reporting matrix style org chart is disastrous
If you want to be a global bank, you can't be embarrassed to speak English
Make the investment in global systems if you want to compete globally - thousands of wasted hours on tedious tasks will never let you prosperously compete in developed countries

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bbva full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Always a change happening, never consistent with processes, new technology makes for better customer experience.

Cons – Being global has it's toll on legacy employees, not everyone adaptable and flexible and cooperative.

Advice to Senior Management – Give more opportunities to those that demonstrate a desire to move up.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bbva

Pros – there is a lot of growth going on within the company that is allowing for more opp if you are ready for it.

Cons – There have been too many changes and the best strategy has not always been employed recently. Not as much stability.

Advice to Senior Management – Have more of a set protocol so that there is a set way of doing things. This will leave less variability.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bbva

Pros – BBVA has a great benefits package, some of the most cutting edge technology in the industry (Retail Banking). Management is "hands off" allowing people to perform their tasks w/o constantly having to look over their shoulders.

Cons – Communication b/w areas of the Bank is lacking and information is very slow to come from management.

Advice to Senior Management – Better, more transparent communication with employees regarding their roles w/in the company and organization.

Current Employee – been working at Bbva full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – They helped me to develop my talent with on-line courses and an executive Master's. The content was good enough. They also allowed me to develop professionally in the direction that I wanted. They challenged me as much as I wanted.

Cons – They are too political and they do not give enough freedom to develop one's ideas.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to have a more international approach to business in general.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bbva

Pros – Part-time, colleagues. I am learning a lot.

Cons – there are not any cons

Current Employee – been working at Bbva

Pros – Lots of opportunities and very good environment

Cons – Salaries not very competitive, lots of internal competition

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bbva as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Good experience and salary. The work hours are much better than in other companies.

Cons – No holidays as an intern, so if I want some have to wait till my tutor says so.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bbva full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Nice people, you learnt a lot, you usually act as lead arranger and agent, great experience

Cons – Bureaucracy, not much business prospects. Not salaries increases (it pays less than competitors)

Advice to Senior Management – take care of employees who are seeking self-employment

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Bbva full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good working atmosphere, at least in my department (legal affairs). And all the people in my department, including my boss, treated me really well. The wage is very good too, especially if you're a begginner like I was.

Cons – There were not a lot of young people in my department, or in the building that I was in general.

Advice to Senior Management – There's nothing really I can complain about my senior managers. They really kind of me, and if sometimes they didn't have enough time to teach me as much as I would've liked to, is because they didn't have the time, they were so busy.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend