Wachovia Employee Job Reviews in the United States

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On average, employees at Wachovia give their company a 4.3 rating out of 5.0 - which is 10% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest Wachovia employees are Mortgage Consultants submitting an average rating of 5.0 and Tellers also with a rating of 5.0.

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4.3
Average Rating
(based on 47 Wachovia Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.3
Growth Opportunities
3.7
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.5
Rewards You Receive
4.1
Support You Get
4.3
Way You Work
4.6
Work Setting
4.4
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"Excellent conservative bank where my career began. I tried to shape ALL of my companies around their corporate philosophy. A great education!"
Posted 14 years ago
Wachovia Employee

"Good company to work for, love the people."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Wachovia Employee

"Wells Fargo is a good company to work for"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Wachovia Employee

"Great company to work for."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Teller

"It was my first professional job."

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"I was a float teller which meant I got to travel to different branches. I loved meeting new people. The hours and the pay was good."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The company is very strong on customer service. The interviewer should prove they are confident in talking to people."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"I liked everything about this company. I had to leave this job because I started college full-time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Should give more opportunity for growth within the company rather than hiring new people."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Operations Manager

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"I loved managing the whole team and having everyone work together to accomplish one goal."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"There isn't anything I can about Wachovia as I left when First Union changed their name."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My previous manager here was not a people person. He did not converse with anyone that worked for him except his immediate direct reports."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Financial Center Manager

"Some associates are valued more than others. Very sales driven"

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"The company is very recognized in the community and attempts to give back."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be people oriented and try to concentrate on associate development."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"Too sales driven without concern for the customers that they serve."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Ease up on the sales portion and concentrate on being an integral part of the community."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Real Estate Appraiser

"I started late in the summer of 1985 and ended in 01/1990 this was a management."

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"This job was great. I had all the resources that I needed and was able to do the job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest and truthful will win in any contest or company."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"The hollidays, I needed to get things done and no one was there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"This management was great and I was pleased with their decisions."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Informatica Consultant

"Great place to work."

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"Team Work, Support for new comer and Talented team members"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself. provide details on specific questions and be specific."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"permissions, privileges, system setup and system access took longer then accepted"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"having laptop ready with permissions, privileges and system access would greatly help new comer."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Financial Specialist

"This career was very financialy rewarding, but very stressful."

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"I enjoyed working with the customers the most and the money was quite nice as well."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"This job was a very high stress sales job, when the economy fell it was very difficult to perform my tasks as the community had lost faith in the bank."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think the only thing that I could recommend is for the managers to understand that not all employees need to be driven the same way."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Network Design Engineer

"My experience with Wachovia/Wells Fargo was excellent"

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"I was working in the field I enjoyed with a team that worked well."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself, relax let them know you can do the job."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"I would rather have been permanent employee instead of contract."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management I was working with got the job done."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Mortgage Underwriter

"I loved working there, it was like a family"

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"The trained and promoted from within, they treated everyone with respect"

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"nothing, I loved the company when I was employed there"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"none, the company was sold to Wells Fargo, does not apply"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Contractor

"It was a great short term contract to rebuild my skills."

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"Good people. The teams worked very well together in completing the Keon compliance."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I was hired on the spot based upon a phone interview with this contract position."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"Stressful schedule and sometime focus on the objectives was lost."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Trust the resourcesfulness and skill sets of the technical team."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Consumer Credit Counselor

"Friendly work environment with plenty of supportive coworkers."

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"Was commuter friendly. There was room for growth in the company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Try to keep an open mind. Know exactly what you want out of the job experience."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"The average salary was below industry standards. Poor communication between management and subordinates."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest better communication between management and their subordinants."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Software Engineer

"Wachovia was a challenging environment, a small group of developers."

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"Great facilities and great people, adequate equipment and software, and great management team."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you understand the maximum committment the company can make for contractors."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"The software was not the best design. A very large system designed in such a way can be a challenge."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more systems analysts and change the way they communicate, in terms of specifications."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Technical Analyst

"This job was an excellent opportunity to understand the DMAIC methodology."

What do you like about working at Wachovia?

"I really enjoyed the work that I did with process improvement."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"As with other Wachovia jobs, be prepared for anything in the interview process."

What don't you like about working at Wachovia?

"I didn't like that I had to leave when my contract ended."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I really don't have any suggestions for management. They did a great job."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Wachovia Reviews FAQs

Is Wachovia a good company to work for?

Wachovia has an overall rating of 4.3 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 47 Wachovia Review Ratings left anonymously by Wachovia employees, which is 10% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 98% of employees would recommend working at Wachovia.

Does Wachovia pay their employees well?

Wachovia employees earn $50,000 annually on average, or $24 per hour, which is 24% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 3 Wachovia employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Wachovia Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Wachovia?

98% of employees would recommend working at Wachovia with the overall rating of 4.3 out of 5. Employees also rated Wachovia 4.3 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.1 for Rewards You Receive, 3.7 for Growth Opportunities and 4.3 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Wachovia?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Wachovia is a VP of Fixed Income at $475,000 annually. Browse Wachovia Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Wachovia?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Wachovia is a Assistant to the SVP at $16,000 annually. Browse Wachovia Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Wachovia?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Wachovia to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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