Vancity Employee Reviews

Toxic environment. The brand does not align with the employee experience. Senior management throw each other and staff under the bus

Good company to work for

I have found it extremely difficult to move up in the organization. Merit and performance (and education) don't get you far. Nepotism is the worst of any firm I've worked. Family of management are often promoted when they are clearly not the best performers. They do not practice what they preach

Terrible, senior management only care about filling checkboxes. They don't support the staff at all. They only care about themselves.

Great financial results in the time I’ve been the

Be transparent, avoid office politics, remain professional, avoid favoritism and recognize employees who provide value to the organization.

Leadership 101. Respectful workplace. Living the brand values

Stop virtue signaling on political issues and focus more on operational efficiencies. Issues are glaring and never seem to be fixed. This upsets members and employees feel the heat. Upper management is so detached from operations. They project caring about employees but their actions don't align.

Quit behaving like a cult

The benefits are very good

Good pay within the industry and good benefits. Great pension plan as well.

Incredible mat leave policy, really great vacation time esp. as you get tenure.

Benefits are decent compared to other companies

Poor leadership across organization. Either completely absent leaders or Micro managers focused on tiny details that do not add value to deliverables. Constantly shifting deliverables results in huge workload that does not add value

Paid the market rate would be nice. Admin team is especially underappreciated and overlooked.

Some are surely great colleagues that you can rely on when you need an extra helping hand.

Vancity does seem to attract good people. Great comradery among co-workers but experience with management is a different story.

Because of our brand and size as a local company, we hire really incredible people onto our team. Not all of them are amazing, but most of them are. The only problem is that we're not structured to enable these people to shine.

Interactions amongst co workers needs to be encouraged

Skill sets are very low

Should bot just accept mediocre management that take them for granted.

Most are lifers so they have no idea how to work effectively

Staff tend to be empathetic and treat each other and members well. However, it is an extreme case of groupthink and if you have a different point of view on anything it does not feel AT ALL comfortable to ever let your thoughts be known. The good pay and benefits increase morale.

How we've been structured has been really focused on the local community, which is really great!

There are some very nice people there

Avoid office politics and great support to employees.

The 'lived' company culture needs to live up to the stated brand values and culture

Have competent managers who have more of a final say when it comes to hiring and rewarding employees that go above and beyond and who are team players. Not just the new guy thst beags about how good he is.

in depth questions and answers

prior information about the date and the time

It felt genuine and the interviewers were enthusiastic about the organization and brand

Had a chance to meet the team.

There wasn't much to like about it. It was a panel of people that didn't know what they were doing but judged me based on their own bias.

They should ask less behavioral questions and focus more on performance. Also, you get feedback after unsuccessful interviews but it feels like they give you false feedback to let you down easy rather than levelling with you and helping you get to where you want to go.

Good coworkers thst appreciate me and helping members with good service where they feel cared for.

Helping members achieve their financial goals is rewarding. Many do not have a high degree of financial literacy so it feels good to converse with them (and give advice) and connect them with a specialist. Knowing that this will greatly benefit them over time is rewarding.

Making my work better each time I work on something.

management style. avoid office politics and keep/support good employees

Senior management are inept and don't have the skills or knowledge to be leaders