BBVA reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(3,136 total reviews)
avatar

Onur Genç

89% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

BBVA has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,136 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).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews
1.0
Jun 17, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lovely coworkers and great views of Central Park. That's really all I can say. Bbva was the worst place I've ever worked in in my 15 years experience in Banking.

Cons

Zero work life balance Terrible insurance Raises for top performers <3 pct 1980 computer systems No identity...is this a Spanish bank, a NY bank or a Texas bank? Zero job security on any level Incompetent human resource department that favours the Spanish nationals at the expense of more knowledgeable locals. They claim to be the 'best place to work'....as opposed to what? Sulfur mines? 12 hour days are the norm, there is no allowable disconnect on vacations or sick days. They use a slew of interns to replace FTE's and outsource jobs to Houston and Madrid despite the fact that those two locations do not offer the skill sets necessary to provide support for US processes. Their internal control is utterly laughable and staff hired for key bilingual positions is unable to speak, read or write either language on a business level.

4.0
Jun 13, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This was my first job as a bank teller and I was very pleased with how thorough and well done the training material was. I was very fortunate to work with a great, helpful, fun group of people. I also really appreciated having insurance and paid sick leave/vacation even as a part-time employee.

Cons

I said that the training material was good, but what wasn't good was how disorganized my training was setup. I feel this directly reflects on the manager who, although was a very nice, knowledgeable person,they were not organized or as much of a leader as I feel a manager should be. I was not given an official trainer (my trainer had had years of banking experience and did know what they were doing in that reguard, but knew nothing about what being a training mentor entailed. I felt like I was leading my own training). Once I was finally trained and back at my own banking center, I quickly realized how lacks and preoccupied my manager really was. These qualities were positive in some ways (they certainly were not micromanaging) but it would have been nice to feel like we could count on the manager on a more consistent, day-to-day basis (they were out of the bank more often than not, or sitting behind a closed office door--even customers were upset with the manager's lack of availability. )

1.0
Jun 13, 2015

Vice President

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, vacation, 401k.

Cons

Anything for a buck, prone to decision making based solely on P&L without regard to human compassion and responsibility. Upper management can be untrustworthy and disconnected to front line job families. Poor leadership on this regional level. On a customer level, widespread bureauracracy and difficult to resolve serious problems. A lack of responsibility for problem ownership. Always a meeting or conference call or training and then they wonder why the manager isn't in the banking center-disconnected sometimes to logic. Never put a customer first and miss a training or conference call that will impact an impression on your DM! Clients are not priority.

Viewing 2668 - 2670 of 3,136 Reviews

Glassdoor has 8,581 BBVA reviews submitted anonymously by BBVA employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if BBVA is right for you.