BBVA reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(2,038 total reviews)

Jorge Bledel

100% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

BBVA has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,038 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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2K reviews
1.0
Dec 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Standard business hours, friendly coworkers, employee banking perks such as special interest rates, free checking, etc; free parking for employees; employee branch assistance line

Cons

Honestly in the couple months have been working at BBVA Compass, my manager has not worked a full work week. He takes 2 hour lunch breaks then disappears through out the day. Also, during the interview before you accept the job, he tells you that all employees rotate working on saturdays--including him. That is not true and don't believe it. Manager has never worked a saturday during my tenure. Worse, rather than accepting responsibility for their own errors, manager tells district that the employees are responsible which in turn ruins employees chances of promotions and growth within the company. Lastly, do not believe that you will ever receive an incentive...it is not true. I have surpassed all my quarterly goals by reaching at least double (in some cases quadruple) of what was expected of me only to find out that because of some "new technicality" I would not be receiving any incentive or bonus pay for my hard work. Additionally, manager CANCELLED christmas dinner because district allegedly cut the xmas budget by $50. Point is, your manager and district do not care about promoting a corporate culture that fosters group bonding in the work place. You will not receive any bonus or incentives so don't bank on it. Also, be prepared to work every other Saturday. Don't plan on using your vacation during the holidays to visit your family; thats when the manager uses his "official" vacation days (mind you, they're technically on vacation every week but rig their mytime so no one knows). And Last but certainly not least, no one in this company has a clue what they are doing. You cannot ask your manager a question because they will tell you to "look it up" and when you look it up, the information is usually incomplete in some way.

2.0
Apr 24, 2014

Still ways to go

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Innovative bank, some smart folks, most buildings have a cafeteria, and some markets offer health clinic.

Cons

Too many non performing employees, like Scar from the Lion King "I am surrounded by idiots." Little training, typical HR issues ("you matter, but not really"), Non accountable management, more managers than true leaders, very inefficient process & procedures. Hiring like minded folks (i.e. I was raised in a branch and now I lead a strategic unit, but still manage like I work in a 1980's branch... I will hiring folks just like me.), in my opinion, not a good move.

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