Advance America reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(984 total reviews)
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Jessica Rustin

76% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Advance America has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 984 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Advance America employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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984 reviews
5.0
Jun 27, 2018

Great Place to Work!

Recommend
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Pros

Great employees, competitive pay and benefits. Tremendous development opportunities. Fast paced, ever changing environment keeps things interesting. The company believes every employee has the ability to impact the business and ensures that employees are aware of how their contributions make a difference.

Cons

Benefits as a whole (medical, dental, vision, life, disability, volunteer days, paid time off, company observed holidays, discount programs, etc.) are good/ competitive but, there's no 401(k) match.

2.0
Feb 8, 2018

Center Manager

Recommend
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Pros

Office type setting so the work environment is clean and somewhat professional. They do offer quarterly bonuses if the center and division do well overall. Typical benefits offered after 1 year of employment (health, dental, 401K, and paid holidays). The biggest pro would be the amount of vacation days that can accumulate the longer you stay employed with them, although the days don't rollover if unused.

Cons

The wages could be better considering the work involved and overtime is prohibited even though it may be necessary. Employees are expected to be loan officers(loose term), collection agents, MoneyGram representatives, general maintenance and housekeepers, as well as low level financial type advisors. The loans are unsecured so it is extremely difficult to get customers to pay back if they don't feel like it since the company doesn't garnish the customers wages or take them to court or report to any of the credit agencies. Basically free money!!! On top of that, the company offers title loans which is a different beast unto itself, and most of the time the company won't even repo the vehicle. Again, basically free money!!! There is a lot of pressure put on the employees to make hundreds of collection calls each day in-between answering the phones, helping customers, and all the other mundane tasks related to running an office. There is very little chance of working up through the company. Additionally, the industry itself is changing rapidly, but the company is still operating with antiquated systems and methods. There is very little sense of team camaraderie and true leadership is severely lacking. The stores are critically understaffed much of the time, and often an employee may be by them self the entire day.

1.0
Jan 30, 2018

Center Sales Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Paid time off Pay is mediocre Great customers

Cons

Doesn't care about employees Long hours Upper management lies to you Every thing is hush hush you find things out last minute Not professional Bonus program is a joke

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