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Q&A With Bank of the West Employees

At Bank of the West, our team members have a responsibility to promote diversity and inclusion at every level within our organization. All team members complete diversity and inclusion training to enhance their knowledge as part of our goals. It’s our diverse and inclusive culture that attracts, engages and retains the best talent.

How employees describe working at Bank of the West

Good customer service for members

one percent salary increase with a perfect score card

Good while it lasted. Broken promises.

Fun, easy, laid back, and no stress

Excellent customer service. Have been a customer of BOW for nearly 30 years. There is a lady at your St. Helens, Oregon branch that goes way above and beyond helping me with my banking needs. I don't know her last name but first name is Lacey. She is the reason I am still a customer of BOW.

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What it's like to work at Bank of the West

  • Bank of the West employees generally work 9.0 hrs a day
  • Employees at Bank of the West report the work pace is bureaucratic
  • On a typical day, employees at Bank of the West have 2 meetings
  • 63% of Bank of the West employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
  • Bank of the West employees most often take 20-30 paid vacation and sick days each year
  • 67% of Bank of the West employees report they are happy with their work life balance
  • Bank of the West employees never get valuable feedback on how to improve at work
  • 50% of Bank of the West employees call their work environment positive

Q&A With Bank of the West Employees

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  • Easy. Be prepared for a negative environment where you're constantly told what you do wrong.

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Asked to all employees at Bank of the West

  • Nothing related to the job. They are only looking for a body as there is alot of turnover. Not at all what I signed up for

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  • Nothing...worst environment ever!!

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  • Plenty of obstacles and compliance to slow your work.

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  • Information hoarders and superficial people

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  • Does not exist

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  • Punch in the gut

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  • Very difficult. Work location makes it impossible for people to hang out outside of work. Team bonding is rarely encouraged.

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  • Plenty of quality of work but no reward for doing it

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  • Bank organized are Non existent.

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  • Career guidance or formal structure of guidance/path

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  • Very bad - transition to Tempe and lack of proximity to senior managers who sit in SF location

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  • Plenty is diversity at analyst level but predominately Caucasian male at manager level

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  • Part cubes and part desks

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Asked to the Finance Department at Bank of the West

  • Terrible. Pay hike barely exists. External hires can get a good pay but then annual increases are lower than inflation

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Asked to the Finance Department at Bank of the West

  • Not even worth mentioning - managers don't inspire anyone. They don't provide feedback post-meetings

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Asked to the Finance Department at Bank of the West

  • Constant transition and no focus on team development. Only way to get management attention is to threaten to quit.

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Asked to the Finance Department at Bank of the West

  • Toxic - underpaid and overworked analysts; without any career guidance or plans. Insecure managers who hoard all information and don't develop the team. All senior positions are held by BNPP expats.

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Asked to all employees at Bank of the West

  • Let them finish their current round of reorg and get a handle on who they want to be. Should get much better in a year or so.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • Bank of the West employees rate their overall benefits a C and most of them think the perks are Terrible. 60% of Bank of the West employees say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees also get 20-30 days of paid vacation, and most of the employees believe the cash value of their benefits is $1000 -$1500/mo.

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Aggregated Employee Answer on Comparably

  • 50% of the same employees also feel like Bank of the West is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Bank of the West.

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20% of Bank of the West employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 21% are neutral and 59% would not recommend working at Bank of the West to their friends.

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