BECU Reviews

The recent restructuring in IT has been in progress for the past year, yet it was executed poorly. No one was expecting a 20% staff layoff. They restructured payscales and bonus rates down as a way to trigger severance offers. Very few non-managers kept the same levels. Poor performing staff were kept over high performing because the high performers took severance offers. They were ready for a change. IT was over due for a RIF of low performers due to the huge growth over past four years. But result was the wrong set of staff. They claim to not be outsourcing staff but that is just semantics. There will be an effort to move to managed service vendors which still takes the staff roles away. Some have already been replaced with support overseas. We were given mixed messaging from all leadership levels and even clearly blatant lies. This was all justified by new or redefined job titles as a skills assessment for those capable of the new skills. No effort was given for staff to apply for new positions and show thier skills fit. No evidence an actual skills assessment happened.

BECU is having an identity crises currently they are not sure if they want to continuing being a local credit union, regional credit union, multi-state federal credit union, or even covert to a commercial bank. They are having an identity crises along the political area was well. They have decided to serve the social justice political line. They have turned into a jobs programs for people with certain attributes and political bent, but not actually hiring folks who are actually qualified for the specific positions. As a result the service to the Member is suffering. This has caused organizational instability at all levels in BECU. Incompetent Executive Management is at the root of BECUs issues at all level. Most if not all of BECUs Executive Management come from for profit banks. Credit Unions are a unique origination designed to be non-profit and service Members. If you are looking for a job at BECU look elsewhere until BECU is able to iron out their Executive Management issues.