“Small company made to feel like a large corporation”

Pros:  “Western has great benefits, education reimbursement programs and overall a nice place to work at. Western head quarters is located in Hawthorne, CA with a remote office in…”

Cons:  “Western employs about 300 employees, which is on the smaller side for a Financial institution. Yet it is run as though it is a large corporation which hurts…” – Full Review

“Improvement Needed”

Pros:  “The brands you get to work with and the customers you serve”

Cons:  “A retail company that needs to re-focus on their brand and position amongst competitors. Needs to think about resources and not neglect areas that badly need it.” – Full Review

“Hard work, great rewards”

Pros:  “Great team, favorable marketplace reputation. Company puts you in a position to win. Your destiny in your own hands. Great support and interest from senior management”

Cons:  “A little slow on technology investment - seems to have picked up. Need to increase cross selling activities, maybe incentives in place to encourage this,” – Full Review

“Good place to work, working through cultural change”

Pros:  “increasingly competent people, doing a good job with executive development, working on best places to work initiatives, working to improve internal business structure”

Cons:  “few cross departmental training or learning opportunities, lots of tenured employees... not necessarily bad in itself, but gets in the way of needed cultural change” – Full Review