BBVA reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(3,133 total reviews)
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Onur Genç

89% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

BBVA has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,133 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BBVA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Jul 12, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Global organization with opportunity to grow your skill sets. Great people (non exec management). Culturally diverse. Above avg pay and benefits. Depending on your role, cross training among the countries. Challenging work environment.

Cons

Foreign executive management that is only focused on a 2-3 year tenure then back to Spain with a promotion...doesn’t know or understand the US culture. Micromanagement. Priorities change daily resulting in constant chaos and low productivity. Condescending management (woman berated and crying in meetings). Higher than normal executive and senior managers leaving due to “health reasons” with no job to replace.

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BBVA Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We’re glad you were challenged by your work and found opportunities to grow during your tenure. We pride ourselves on building talented culturally diverse teams and encourage global experiences through Mobility programs. We are however, disappointed to hear your perspective on executive leadership. BBVA USA is long-tenured and equal opportunity employer committed to high ethical standards and practices where employees can raise concerns about a specific incident or business challenge with any individual, regardless of level, directly or anonymously.
1.0
Sep 17, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive base salary even if you have zero banking experience Can work from home Do not have to produce anything for entire first year and management will keep you

Cons

No training No on boarding for new hires No direction from management No breakdown of processes Upper management clueless to how day to day life actually is No support from management Internal turmoil over assigned credit Compensation plan changes during the year High, high , high turnover. HIGH!! Chop shop of banking. Unhappy workplace No system in place for any improvement Management does not communicate ( I.e, answer their phone or return emails ) consistently on a daily basis Zero people on team performing to minimum standards Irrelevant training required ( Moody's analytics forced on employees but training was for financial analysts, not bankers) No local marketing No regional presence Awful customer service support Antiquated systems Company prides itself on being digital banking leader yet cannot perform minimum functions necessary of bank Hired external candidate for management with no precious management experience to lead team of bankers who need severe help understanding what is acceptable in company's eyes. Underwriting is in Birmingham and does not understand local market. Have to reinvent the wheel every loan submission. Cannot do limes of credit based on A/R's because system cannot handle it. Severe disadvantage in banking. Average loan takes 60-90 days. SLOW underwriting and processing. Company keeps hiring new underwriters who do not understand how to underwrite loans Burn through your COI's and key contacts due to inability to follow through with promises/ deadlines Zero sense of urgency Upper management continues to get promoted without any improvement on ANY of these aspects. Upper management is beyond a doubt, absolutely clueless to what it takes to be successful. If they do not know, how they they implement it from a top down structure ? No advancement opportunities.

1.0
Jul 23, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

you can move up quickly if you want to and know the right people. good consumer and business products because it is easy to sell something when it really is the best option for the client.

Cons

BBVA Compass is constantly pushing its "core values" on us but their treatment of employees is inconsistent. yes you can move up in position quickly. 6 promotions for me so far under 4 years, but compensation is an insult for those of us who embody the compay values, and those who are unethical, self absorbed with no concern for clients or BBVA Compass always get paid the most and promoted to much higher and often 6 figure positions. Company policy and management enforcement is highly discriminatory and favoritism is celebrated, creating constant disparate treatment of team members. HR exists only when a people manager needs an excuse to fire an employee they dont like. selective enforcement of policy is the definition of disparate treatment . someone will end up suing them eventually and will bring the company millions in losses. have an exit strategy or start one now if you are currently working at BBVA Compass, i am working on mine for sure.

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