Vancity Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Vancity full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – - employee benefits are outstanding; positive atmosphere to work in most branches (head office is a lot more political).
- pretty good career opportunities if you work hard and communicate your goals well - lots of tellers move on to being mutual fund advisors and even stock advisers, or move onto lower branch management and from there can continue to climb the ladder.
- people are a lot of fun to work with and mgmt know how to incorporate play at the workplace
- people support each other for the most part, work together as a team

Cons – - long-term goals of the organization seem to change and aren't communicated very well despite Executives' efforts
- underlying information systems sometimes a result of political decision-making versus lasting and effective cost/benefit analysis; this results in either complex software that employees avoid to the best of their ability, or slow, incomplete and/or non-integrated databases
- fairly high sales pressure on everyone from teller up to branch manager, investment advisors and insurance agents

Advice to Senior Management – Get it together with your long-term planning and stick with a plan! Share the corporate plan at commencement but also share regular, honest updates on what's working and what's not.
Be more transparent - people come and go at higher levels of management with no explanations - creates an unstable work environment.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Vancity part-time for more than a year

Pros – Very interested in environment and social development

Cons – Some departments work in a silo

Advice to Senior Management – Share more knowledge with employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Vancity full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – gives back to the community...throws good parties...profit sharing...education reimburse...pay is decent...1 week extra time off every 5th year

Cons – not much...it's a good place to work...pays better than other banks I hear...benefits are ok...not as good as government jobs tho

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Vancity full-time for more than a year

Pros – Amazing Benefits including tuition reimbursements plus staff incentives
Sociable work environment
Strong commitment to the community

Cons – Some departments still work as a silo. Needs more coordination between staff. Is only located in B.C which limits travel

Advice to Senior Management – Needs to bring staff member into the loop of whats going on. Department need to become more transparent in their communication

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Vancity as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Focus on community-based values, awesome people, good work experience, educational & career development opportunities

Cons – some units work in silos impacting communication and change management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Vancity full-time for less than a year

Pros – On the job training for new staff

Cons – Too many women working in one place!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Vancity as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – While I was working for Vancity, I found that the work environment is dynamic and has friendly atmosphere.

Cons – Departments tend to work in silo; so that there are many redundant assignments that could already be delivered by other department.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Vancity full-time for more than a year

Pros – This company has true vision and delivers on it's values. From senior leadership to front line staff, you will find some of the most competent, ethical, and truly impressive individuals.

Cons – Vancity is a location-based Credit Union, which means there is little to no opportunity to travel for work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Vancity full-time for less than a year

Pros – Nice social environment at times.

Cons – Management - out of touch with employees.
Not supportive of employees.
Pay attention when our team is working overtime -- all the time to meet your goals.
Not participating in team building social events is frowned upon.
Best company to work for is a sham.
Not all areas are bad, but those that are bad are extremely toxic.
New employees not accepted as easily into culture.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your employees concerns and take action rather than appearing to care, it would help if you actually stepped in and cared.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Vancity part-time for more than a year

Pros – great place to work, manager was helpful in coaching and helping me achieve my career goals

Cons – it's a credit union so you're limited to opportunities in the GVA only

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company