UCCU Earns Top Workplace Honor
Utah Community Credit Union was recently named one of Utah’s Top Workplaces in 2021 by Energage, an independent research company that surveys thousands of employees across the country. This is UCCU’s first time being featured on the Top Workplaces list, coming in at 27th in the Large Companies category. In this short article, UCCU Earns Top Workplace Honor, we will talk briefly about our history and thank Energage for the award.
UCCU works to not only create a welcoming and open environment for our members, but for our employees, too. Our hope is that our members love where they bank and that our employees love where they work.
Visit UCCU’s Top Workplace profile here.
About UCCU
UCCU is an organization rooted in the credit union philosophy of “people helping people.” We are also built on traditional values of commitment to outstanding service, respect for others, and fiscal responsibility. With consistent and reliable service delivery, UCCU also creates trusting relationships with our members. UCCU is a member-centric organization. Their decisions at all levels are based on what is in the best interest of the member, while maintaining a financially strong and stable organization.
The Beginnings
In 1956, seven BYU employees imagined something special for this community – a not-for-profit financial institution that wouldn’t answer to stockholders but, instead, would be owned by the very same people it served. And so, with only $35 from their own pockets, these founders established the BYU Federal Credit Union. It was a noble endeavor with humble beginnings. They couldn’t afford to rent office space, so they set up a table on a stair landing in the Herald R. Clark building and took turns, voluntarily helping people in need of financial services.
They couldn’t afford to purchase a vault. So cash was kept in a locked room and placed in a cast iron bathtub, covered with a sheet of asbestos to protect it from fire. Word of this tiny credit union, a financial institution that valued people over profits, spread, to families, friends, and neighbors. To people who wanted to improve their lives. To people who caught the vision of working together for the betterment of everyone involved. And as the people came, this tiny financial cooperative grew. First to the Larson House, complete with a modest sign that read “Credit Union,” posted out front.
Then, in 1977, the credit union opened its first official branch on Canyon Road in Provo, just north of the best football stadium on the planet – complete with safety deposit boxes, a fire-proof vault, and the convenience of drive-up lanes. And it officially changed its name to Universal Campus Credit Union… or UCCU for short.
About Energage
Energage helps create workplaces that unlock potential and inspire performance. Over 23 million employees were surveyed. Energage has also refined and continues to perfect their technology and services with proven neuroscience and robust benchmarking data.
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