Spanish Parent Bank (BBVA) embroiled in the European Crisis, what could go wrong? - Senior Vice President BBVA Employee Review

1.0
May 25, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They are investing in technology, to upgrade the systems that the old Compass Bank had thought was brilliant for 20 years.

Cons

The bank has not invested nor developed a strong, collaborative culture. As a result, the culture (treatment of employees, teamwork, comraderie) are at unacceptable levels. In addition: -Excessive times for loan approvals/declines across the board, (i.e. Retail and Commercial) -Lack of ownership or responsibility within the bank -Outdated policies (i.e. Holds on Cashier's checks) that make the Mega-banks of the world look reasonable. -Lack of any career opportunities (anyone want to move to Birmingham to get ahead? Anyone?) -High Goals/Low Pay. Salary levels are generally below market conditions. -Lack of quality systems and branches in good locations and support people.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

Below standard street pay for interns

2.0
Apr 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

BBVA as a whole, it has a very friendly work environment and has a unique culture unlike any other bank in midtown

Cons

That being said, any team or department that lefts unchecked can end up becoming toxic which happened at my team. There was a VP/ED who was mistreating me to a point where it was a violation of the code of conduct and was impacting my overall internship experience and my chances at a full time job because this ed/vp was allowed to mistreat based on personal biases against me. I reported it to our manager during our midterm meeting to which I phrased it as “he was in violation of the code of conduct and has been abusive”. Instead he yelled at me during the meeting because he didn’t want to lose someone who downgraded from a BB that he got for cheap. He said in the end of the meeting he would talk with the Ed/vp but a month later he pulled me into a room with HR and said today was the last day of my internship. Very unprofessional as he clearly sided with the toxic Ed/vp and booted me out because he didn’t want to lose the Ed/vp even if he was in violation of the code of conduct. Horrible experince and everyone in my team failed to uphold to professional decency. As long as everyone in that team is still there would not recommend this team at BBVA unless something structurally changes.

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