Vancity Reviews

Pros

Casual work environment, competitive salary, breaks during shifts, flexible work schedule, vacation pay, simplified interview progress, team orientated work place

Cons

poorly designed training section, pressure on entry level employees, unfair treatment between new employees and old employees and criticize on certain behaviour pattern

Advice to Senior Management

Extend the training from 3 weeks to one month. Specify the training into 2 sections: one week for the online training and 3 weeks for hands on.

Pros

Relaxing environment, relatively friendly to newcomers. Very happy with work-life balance being tilted towards the having a life side of things.

Cons

There is far too many "contractors" who just aren't into the whole Vancity ethos and have been there too long to actually add real value.
As a bank for the people, they are really not at the leading edge (or ANYWHERE near) the front half of innovation. In terms of learning about finance or banking, I'd suggest going elsewhere, if you want safe, dependable then Vancity is your answer.

Advice to Senior Management

Innovation isn't a swear word.

Pros

The best reasons to work for VanCity is that it's a place where you can truly feel good about your job and the impact it makes in the community. And the people were truly decent people that worked hard to be consistent in what was said and done. I felt senior management really wanted to "do the right thing" in all aspects.

Cons

When I worked there, Dave Mowat was still CEO, and I could see a growing rift between how things were done and a "work hard, play hard" culture he wanted to develop. Ultimately, I'm pleased to see that he has gone onto other things and the new CEO returned to the "decency" foundations of the company

Advice to Senior Management

Build on your strengths! People were very committed to the VanCity proposition, and loved their jobs. Revel in the fact that you don't have to make the same kind of profits of other banks - it frees you up to spend more on doing what's right.

Pros

The job itself becomes comfortable after a short while and they treat their employees well when it comes to little perks.

Cons

They will push really hard for sales so they can meet their numbers. This is more so than at other financial institutions because they aren't as big and thus don't have as many options for income and growth already laid out.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop pushing so hard for sales of products that most people don't need and start giving decent raises.