I worked at Valero Energy full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Its easy and you meet people
Cons
Long hours and average pay
I have been working at USAA full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
USAA is one of the best employers in the world. You can work here your entire career and retire nicely with the benefits. - best retirement benefits (3% pension + 8% match to 4% contribution … yeah... you read that right). - great pay and bonus structure - great work/life balance
Cons
The tech side can feel slow paced compared to the industry. USAA allows you to dive deep on your technology, but not wide enough to have a lot of context on the entire tech stack. Pay is great but... lagging in the industry. USAA is pretty good about keeping up with this though.
Advice to Management
Keeping looking out for customers and employees as you’ve been doing. Great work!