I'm convinced that all the positive reviews here are false. - Anonymous employee WaFd Bank Employee Review

1.0
1 Dec 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There is not one pro working for Washington Federal except that it prepares you for a better job.

Cons

Deceptive management from the CEO down. He asked all Washington Federal employees to go online and write positive reviews about this company to balance out the negative ones. I expressed my disgust for this company directly to him and he completed disregarded me. He is very much about himself and very dishonest. HR knows about this site and I'm convinced they are writing fake positive reviews because they are embarrassed about the negative ones. I kid you not, every single bad review about this company is true no matter your experience even if you are truly a positive person. Washington Federal also lost over 600 business accounts due to the new conversion, yes conversion, not system upgrade like they wanted us to say in order to be deceiving to customers. This company is greedy and pays their employees peanuts. This isn't a place for the young, ambitious, professional but the old, mediocre underachiever. This company will not prosper, mark my words. Evil business practices, cheap ways, low paying, uncaring, and discriminatory in every way. Work here at your own risk, I guarantee you will see how distasteful this company is for yourself. I'm so relieved that I no longer work for this awful company!

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5.0
18 Mar 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Primarily remote work. Decent PTO after the 4th year.

Cons

Limited staffing and limiting overtime opportunities until the bitter end of potentially missing deadlines, which you are guilted into working. 2% "raise" every January and ZERO merit raises. Gutted profit sharing and profitability bonuses over time. Most recent bonus, which is tied to net profit after dividends, was given a result when the scale was never published. All previous bonuses had a floor-to-ceiling profit scale that showed the targets months in advance of the end of the bonus period.

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