Univest Reviews

Pros

Univest has a great work environment with a low key staff and reasonable sales goals. I've had the privilege of working with some great mentors to help me learn the banking industry.

Cons

There are limited positions in my area. There is too much required to move up; leadership training, principles of banking, etc, and it takes too long to be approved for those courses. The average pay is very low compared to larger commercial banks.

Pros

A good place to work for the most part

Cons

Very low pay and no raises.

Pros

Good benefits, close to home, fun coworkers

Cons

The low pay - one time my yearly raise was only .23 cents, which was an insult. I had a very good review and I wished they would recognize my hard work. Also, when I started as a regular teller in 2001, I was making $8.40/hr. A few years later, I found out that they were paying new tellers about $10/hr. Same for new branch managers and cust service reps (the new hires would start out with more than the current employees were making, at times).

Advice to Senior Management

More realistic pay scales, such as a "living wage." They wonder why there's a high turnover rate in the branches - it's because you don't usually get recognized fairly for hard work, and you aren't paid a fair salary. I finally quit a few years ago because I needed to make more money.