Does Columbia Bank pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Columbia Bank employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Columbia Bank. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Columbia Bank?

31% of Columbia Bank employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Columbia Bank 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.5 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Columbia Bank?

Universal Associate (47) , Personal Banker (32) , Relationship Banker (32) , Bank Teller (15) , Universal Banker (15) , Analyst (14) , Universal Associate II (13) , Branch Manager (12) , Client Service Specialist (12) , Teller (12) , Customer Service Representative (11) , Manager (9) , Store Manager (9) , Assistant Branch Manager (8) , Universal Associate III (8)

What are the pros of working at Columbia Bank according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and paid time off" ((in 86 reviews)); "Great people and Mission statement." ((in 70 reviews)); "I have enjoyed working at Umpqua because the culture is great and the mortgage operations is very good." ((in 61 reviews)); "Great coworkers to work with" ((in 34 reviews)); "I had a great manager for a year and i half of my five years working for the company." ((in 26 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Columbia Bank according to real employee reviews?

"low pay and difficult to move ip" ((in 73 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 37 reviews)); "Poor leadership starts from the top." ((in 22 reviews)); "Poor wage start out at low salary" ((in 15 reviews)); "And raises are 3% yearly if they're feeling generous" ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Columbia Bank redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Columbia Bank redundancy and their outlook for job security at Columbia Bank in 2026.

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Columbia Bank Reviews

2.7

31% would recommend to a friend

(964 total reviews)

Clint Stein

27% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.1

Diversity and inclusion

3.0

Work/Life balance

2.8

Compensation and benefits

2.7

Career opportunities

2.5

Culture and values

2.3

Senior management

Columbia Bank has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 964 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Columbia Bank employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

964 reviews

2.0

29 Jan 2024

Company Going Downhill

Applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good Salary and decent benefits.

Cons

The new CEO seems to have no clue on how to run a multi-billion dollar company. The top executives do not care about employees morale or satisfaction. They run an employee satisfaction survey then lay off people and right after that implement a return to office mandate and then pretend that employees are happy with the company's policies based on the survey. There is absolutely to clear goal in mind and it seems like the company is being set up to be taken over. Bringing up concerns to upper management is futile as their only response is deal with it.

2.0

14 Mar 2024

Gone so far downhill since Columbia took over

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Healthcare is decent, 401k investment options good.

Cons

Return to office after we killed it thru COVID and proved we could do it. Employee survey was a joke, they all act like employees love all the changes and I didn't know a single person who did. Talented people are jumping ship and those remaining are so confused. Mid managers don't even know the current direction the bank is going in. Treading water with no insight into the future is no way to work. Wait and see with no plan. Oh and the layoffs since many departments aren't busy at all.

1.0

13 Jan 2024

Disappointing - not the best time to work for Umpqua

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

-Many talented coworkers -Challenging work -Free mug/snacks for first week being mandated back into office (sarcasm)

Cons

-Talented coworkers leaving the bank due to recent changes causing strain on those who remain. -Too much work, not enough people to do it. -Mandating return to office, very specific rules (must work at least 3 day/8hrs in office, monitoring of badge swipes, unless 30 miles away, no consideration for long commutes in metro areas, an employee on the same team with same job 29 miles away must go in but other 30 miles away can be remote) -Removed annual bonus in exchange for a base pay increase at a smaller percent. -Difficult to advance, lack of support from upper management -General low morale and a sense that employees are just a number. -Forcing a "culture" and packaging things as flexible and beneficial to employees that clearly are not.

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