Western Union reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(2,930 total reviews)
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Devin McGranahan

49% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Western Union has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,930 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Western Union employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
3.0
Mar 14, 2017

Professionalism is lacking

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are good. Nice PTO, flexibility, work life balance (depending on your manager)

Cons

Too much emotion with leadership and they are all over the place with their direction, no alignment from top down.. No where to grow, or encouragement to grow your career.

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Western Union Response
9y
Thank you for the feedback! We are sorry that your experience with leadership on your team seems to be less than ideal. We're very excited by the positive reception that our leadership development programs (e.g. WU Lead and Leadership in Action) have had recently across the company, and hope that we can continue to reduce the number of negative experiences people have. We welcome additional feedback or ideas you may want to share internally. You can send suggestions to careers@westernunion.com. Thanks for being part of WU.
2.0
Nov 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of pros on the surface, but don't be fooled by all the hype and awards. Lots of talk just for show. If you are considering working here, read and listen to the negative comments here..they are spot on.

Cons

High turnover, low morale, overworked employees, everyone out for themselves. I feel like I made a big mistake and wished I had paid more attention to the negative comments on this site reflecting HQ culture...it's all true. Hoping to find something at a new company all together like Schwab or Amazon where lots of former WU employees have gone.......

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Western Union Response
9y
Thank you very much for sharing your honest feedback about WU. We’re sorry to hear about your experiences at our global headquarters, but we appreciate you taking the time to share them with us on Glassdoor. In regards to your leadership advice to management, every leader in the organization takes part in a program that is focused on strengthening their leadership capabilities. They meet bi-monthly and we’ve seen great benefits from this program, in helping leaders improve. We believe WU’s purpose of “moving money for better” attracts the best talent who want to make positive changes for the business, and especially for our customers around the world, in over 200+ countries and territories. We thank you for joining WU and want you to be happy while working here. If you believe you are overworked or know of certain employees who may be overworked or have low morale due to management, we urge you to contact our ethics department internally, so that your anonymous feedback will be taken into account. We take matters like this very seriously. Thanks again for your time.
1.0
Sep 30, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great bonus structure and some great incentives if you hit your numbers

Cons

Feels like I was back at schoool - a lot of micro management happening within the business, they would call our customer if they didn't believe us about potential deals. Also one of the worse you would get 4-5 calls from your manager to ask what you was doing during the day. "WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TO ANYONE"

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