Bank of the West Reviews

Pros

Great benefits, lots of training, I like my coworkers

Cons

Very low interest rate environment, FinTech competition, credit losses from Covid-19 recession (of course this all holds true to the entire retail banking industry, not just Bank of the West)

Pros

I have been all over the U.S. and Europe, for the U.S. this is the best company I have seen and worked for. I enjoy the freedom to explore other departments, the company information and updates made available as well as that the all employees are accountable and encouraged to improve themselves knowing that all are equal and will be given the same options regardless of level if they are qualified.

Cons

found some management issues with encouragement and willingness to promote and train employees who have heavy accents and different ways of thinking that do not match expectations. I have not seen tools to address this like we have for other issues so those folks get left behind the training and improvement curve have also seen our recruiters not forward qualified applicants because there resumes, letters or social media do not meet the expected formats or footprint. they should think outside the box and take the time to find or ask for the information instead of determining it is to much effort and just dropping them from the recruitment pool. we lose quite of few internal promotion opportunities with that.

Pros

Room for advancement, friendly team, good company values

Cons

Compensation could be higher based on experience

Pros

I met a few diamonds in the rough environment here. There are some good people within the company, but most are exhausted and worn out. The good ones move on quickly.

Cons

Horrible work environment. They stack up the odds against and bet on you to fail. Every one is working 60+ hours per work and being told it’s never enough. People are praised when they are online made into the night or weekends. Absolutely no work/life balance. It’s discouraged that you even take time to focus on yourself or family. Every person at this company is doing the job of 2-4 people and burning out quickly. It’s unmanageable and the expectations are unrealistic. The leads and senior management spread gossip and lies about you to make themselves look better. They don’t care about anyone but their own self. Good luck making it. If lucky enough to make it through the annual layoffs (they say they never do it then do it every year) that is.

Pros

Benefits are good as is the immediately vested 6% company match on 401K contributions

Cons

Depending on the Division, management is horrendous. They champion themselves as ahead of the pack in diversity and women managers but that only holds true in the highest roles. In the trenches, women are supervisors while men are managers; and, in departments where the majority of employees are women, men manage the group. They are very out of touch when it comes to women middle managers.

Pros

They are leading the way in Omaha in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion

Cons

There really are none, period