Dysfunctional. Disorganized. Deceitful. - Network Engineer Ally Financial Employee Review

1.0
Oct 29, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get the chance to say you work for a Fortune 500 Banking culture leaves at 5pm on the dot or even earlier

Cons

• Dysfunctional - Teams are led by legacy BofA management and are not effective at leading. Senior leadership have had a long time to improve communication, team morale and process, but have moved the needle very little on improvements. Practically every department from Marketing, to Tech, to Home Loans and Auto do not know what the other is doing. Senior leadership have Senior Product Managers that have little to no product experience. Many Senior leaders take the "bullying" approach to management and seldom are called out for it. If they are called out nothing will be done. • Disorganized - They will change HR representatives faster than you can keep up. There is little to no on-boarding process, and managers are left to find out how things work rather than being walked through any process. You won't have a clear insight on who to contact or partner with right away, it's a bit of a wild goose chase. • Deceitful - From HR to Marketing to C-Suite level team members, you will receive one type pf communication, but trust me here, they don't say what they're really meaning. EXAMPLE: Senior management will provide you with the "we want you to take ownership, shake things up" speech, while really meaning "we just want you to keep the peace amongst our nightmarish mess." Several people who tried to "correct" or "improve" process or create meaningful change were let go. It's a pretty ruthless group.

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