Before our reputation catches up to us, USAA is still an asset on your resume. This is the best time to start sending out applications and take advantage of that while you can. You don’t want to get to a point where USAA is as toxic on your resume as Wells Fargo is. And that time is coming, I believe.
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The news about USAA recent issues IS starting to become well know because It was mentioned during my most recent interview. I kept it light and derailed focus on the topic and didn't speak negative about USAA (You never speak negative about any employer during the interview process).
Word is getting out that employees at USAA aren't happening with certain things over there like how RTO is being implemented for example.
Wayne and his crooked executive committee used USAA as their personal ATM. The damn plane has become a free for all. Fu-k them all, especially Wayne, he can su-k my turtle head.
Yeah, this might apply if trying to get another job in another FI, but the majority of corporations I’ve applied at that are not banks or insurance companies don’t know anything about USAA. Guess Gronk is not getting the word out like he should be.
I was just hired as an executive for one of the large banks. My previous experience at another large bank is what my boss wanted and not my USAA experience. He introduces me all the time by saying I previously worked at BofA. He doesn’t mention the most recent USAA experience as much. I was just there for over 3 years.
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Thats not true at all maybe for insurance but not in banking. I know if I see USAA on a resume I am not taking it seriously at all in the finance world, maybe its ok for a low level jobs like AML
I agree that you will not be exclude from jobs in a search based on association. I also agree that you have to be current in your skills to get the best job. Take all training opportunities now, and position yourself for a bright future.
I think the idea of a company being a detriment to your resume is way overblown. Even if you worked at a place like Enron, Lehman Brothers, FTX, or what have you, unless it’s clear that you were involved in the shenanigans of those companies, no worthwhile potential employer is going to think you’re guilty by association. Is that number zero? Probably not, but I wouldn’t worry or lose sleep over something like that.
What’s more likely than a new employer blacklisting you because of your former employer, though, is your skills being irrelevant because of the work you did at that employer.
For example, if you are an engineer and are working on a USAA-proprietary application/tech stack, that could put you at a huge disadvantage when job searching. Employers need engineers with relevant technical skills. While you might be the best at your job in your USAA-specific tech stack, those skills count for almost nothing in the external job market.
To me, that is a much more significant risk than USAA becoming a “scarlet letter” on your resume. If you’re in a role like that and want a chance at finding a different employer, you owe it to yourself to brush up on or learn new skills.