Be prepared it will be 5 days and for those who don’t like it you will be worked out. Juan is for full RTO
Disastrous Fraud Org
The Fraud org structure is one that has never been seen at a healthy company - it’s incredibly top heavy with almost every IC being a Senior or Lead. The leadership is all over the place and as someone who partners with Fraud, not even the people... — read more
Consent Order - impacting staffing?
Has anyone heard if they will be getting rid of any of the consent order problem causers? I guess some are gone but it feels like major changes are needed. Any talks about hiring requirements coming out of consent order? It might be still too... — read more
Consent Order - READ IT
I know they’ve tried to spin this to try to find “the silver lining” No such thing! Cease & Desist is NEVER good https://www.occ.gov/static/enforcement-actions/eaAA-ENF-2024-96.pdf We are in deep do---o because Wayne & Amala are AWOL! Amala... — read more
Titanic going down
There are troubling rumors that key VPs are leaving USAA, with one from the CTXO Platform and another from CTXO Architecture. It’s hardly a good sign when high-level executives start to abandon ship. Yet, the CEO and EMG continue to brag about USAA... — read more
Annual Bonus
Does anyone know if and or when our annual bonus will be paid out?
Problem was and is Tami, worthless CHRO.
She is who is to blame for the chaos going on right now.
hat’s the latest scuttlebutt
How Juan? No way
January layoff
Comments ?
We all talked about the need for a change at the top
I guess this is not what we meant.
Juan C. Andrade
Let's predict how long it'll be before it's obvious what a colossal failure this choice is. I say six months.
From a company with less than 5000 customers and employees????
Is this for real?
Another civilian!
Jim Zortman, you should resign immediately!! Picking another civilian to be CEO, have you not learned anything from the past 4.5 years!!
New CEO!!
Let’s go
Talking to Ethics/ER Going to Cost Me My Job
I’ve been here for 2 years and taken a lot of s**t. I look the other way when my boss is bullying someone, makes a coworker cry or makes some outrageous claim about how great he is. But this pushed me over the edge: In a 1 on 1, my boss asked me why... — read more
New CISO
Was this position just filled without a posting? Will B. Has moved on from USAA and now the CISO reports directly to Amala. Why the structure change?
Cheers to the New Year!
The Bank consent order right before the holidays took the wind out of a lot of sails, but hopefully 2025 will be the year to make some progress and become profitable again. Leadership seems confident that there are plans in place and they’ve been... — read more
ECIO Closing Issues - Shady
The Chief has determined ECIO has too many issues and now has issued a mandate to close 70% of issues by end of Q1! Doesn’t matter how, just close 70% of issues! Can’t make this stuff up. They are calling it Operation Car Wash. Regulators will have a... — read more
Frustrated with this leadership
Out of the many places I’ve worked, this is where leadership feels the weakest. There are so many things missing - vision, commitment, and a plan for the future. Without better leaders steering the ship, it’s hard to see how we can do well... — read more
Layered Lies = Layered Consent Orders
1-USAA hired a ton of compliance professionals from other banks after the USAA 2019 consent order. 2-USAA process owners, advisors, managers, directors, EMGs, and leadership were made aware of compliance issues from 2019 to 2024. 3-This is the... — read more
Yearly Bonus In Jeopardy
The consent order from the OCC is much more damaging then anyone within the EMG is letting on. There are serious discussions about eliminating the yearly bonus for the Bank and other LOBs as well. 2025 is going to be worse than the last 4 years... — read more
January NEO
Anyone get info about January NEO travel? Do they really contact you a week before?
I’m completely demoralized
We are pressured to perform based on unrealistic expectations, and we never get rewarded for the effort. Pay is not exactly something to write home about, while personal investment in terms of time and energy almost never pays off. Advancement... — read more
New OCC Consent Order 18 Dec 2024
OCC issued a new cease and desist order for USAA today: https://occ.gov/news-issuances/news-releases/2024/nr-occ-2024-137.html
January Layoffs
It’s about that time. Any Intel?
“We need to find these unhappy people through Pulse surveys and force them out”
I joined USAA a year ago and it’s been a mess. My team is almost at 100% turnover in 10 months because my manager found reasons to put people on PIP’s or bully them out. Then he’ll say the reason we don’t get work done is we’re understaffed and that... — read more
Congratulations on your retirement?
Did anyone who was part of the 11/22 layoff receive a “congratulations on your retirement” letter in the mail. I did not retire so curious to know why I would receive this letter….with the option to choose a retirement gift. TIA
A minefield of its own making
I dedicate this article to the horrible leadership teams at USAA, who think they can outsmart regulators with their id--tic risk management... — read more
I'm finally ready for a fresh start
After a lot of thought, it’s clear this is the right move. The offer I got finally feels worth it. My current job now offers low pay, no growth, and way too much micromanaging. It’s hard to stay motivated when leadership seems more critical than... — read more
Just had an interview at Citi and the interviewer said "USAA employees don't know anything about risk management"
Pretty rich coming from a place like that but thats the reputation we have. smh
Short term mistakes add to long term failure
I’d like to take usaa for laying me off and telling me I can apply for banking positions within the company. What they leave out is that you must be in a specific city (usually San Antonio or Phoenix) and if you happen to not live there or want to... — read more
New CEO?
What’s the latest scuttlebutt on the CEO search?
Latest round of layoff bullsh-t
I’d like to thank my leader for laying me off just before the holidays. I’d also like to thank him for having postings for my own team that I was cut from and for rejecting my application because I “wasn’t what he was looking for anymore.” Thank... — read more
Don't stay at USAA more than 5-7 years.
The Company has set its own internal policies to manage its workforce in a way that lets them upgrade their employees after that period of time when they consider you to have outlived your maximum potential to them--usually 5 to 7 years. They don't... — read more
Pre screen
Does usaa test for THC? Asking for a friend who takes delta 8 to sleep..
RTO Playbook Reminder
With Mr. Peacuck out the door, I think it's time for a fun refresher on how to continue to sabotage, undermine, and conduct guerrilla warfare against RTO for those of us lowly peasants who live within 60 miles of the office. Most of you are already... — read more
2025 layoffs
Does anyone have confirmation that there are going to be layoffs in Q1? Not just speculation.
Unpopular opinion incoming
We can and should complain about the terrible leadership that takes over across the organization but I say it’s the terrible FTE they also inherit - people stuck in their ways , lack of skillset and energy to make a change , no real compliance and... — read more
FMLA SHORT TERM LONG TERM
Can someone breakdown exactly how new people are getting approved to work at home and approved for leave? Doesn't FMLA start after 12 months?