The overall culture at Clayton Homes is that you turn a blind eye to the company's shady business practices. There's a reason that the CFPB has investigated them multiple times. They are in the business of making money from high interest mortgages. They prey on individuals and promise to "open doors to a better life, one home at a time" when in reality, they are selling a lifetime of debt on an immediately depreciating asset.
If you can be willfully ignorant of their business practices, then perhaps Clayton is the right place for you. That is, until you encounter their management strategy. Essentially, it boils down to this: always praise your management, never have a dissenting opinion, and don't try to make any sense of their decisions. Simply follow, do not question.
Lastly, the way in which they pay their employees is a joke. This is a company that is turning $500M+ in profit annually, yet refuses to provide the employees that enable their massive profits with a decent wage and affordable benefits. They mask their low wages with their profit sharing plan that has only continued to decline in payouts. That's the interesting thing about profit sharing vs. increased salary: the former can be taken away at a moment's notice to appease shareholders and boost profit numbers.
