BBVA reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(3,134 total reviews)
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Onur Genç

89% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

BBVA has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,134 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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1.0
Jun 22, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not much really. Perhaps some "stability" but that is an illusion. Layoffs are common indeed. Colleagues tend to be nice, normal hardworking people. Some people are confrontational but most of the troops are quite relaxed. If you are a locally hired, non-"strategic" employee, best compensation is when you get hired because it rides a descending curve. Training is a joke, they give you the cheapest they can find. When there are "important" soccer games, it's ok to watch on the company's tv's (best pro of the company)..

Cons

Only those in the inner circle from their home country, enjoy benefits, generous company perks. All others can expect to get the bare minimum standard treatment. Most of us never get ahead. There are old timers with 20, 30 years in the same position they were initially hired. Salary increases barely keep up with inflation. Very commonly your manager will surprise you on bonus day that your performance was subpar so NO bonus for you that year. This is so because bonus announcement is on the same day you get your evaluation, so you have no opportunity to defend your point of view. Since promotion criteria is based solely on your origin and being inside the circle, management is incompetent, unprepared, untrained, egoistical, simply horrible. Even externally hired managers tend to be incompetent. Company is pretty cheap. If you are a "commoner", don't spend a dime more than the bare minimum when they send you on business travel. You won't get reimbursed. Walk or take a bus if you can, don't take a cab. Top management from hq is also horrible. Spain is broke.

3.0
Jun 21, 2014

Stressful

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, support from peers, great training and on-boarding. For entry level positions there are advancement opportunities. Effort made to be "the best place to work"

Cons

Communication from management is contradictory...not sure the direction the bank is going in. Has had large job family cuts. Morale is low. Tremendous amount of stress.

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