Prior to merger with GMAC Residential, GMAC-RFC was a great place to work. - Anonymous employee Ally Financial Employee Review

5.0
Feb 24, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

* Great people - 80% were extremely talented and dedicated * Above average compensation * Great culture prior to merger

Cons

* The people who determined that GMAC-RFC and GMAC Residential should merge seemed to do so without considering cultures and how the two companies differentiated themselves. RFC was "customer intimate;" Residential was supposedly "efficient." Management took a long time to address / communicate: what's the competency of the "merged company" - and also allowed/condoned poor behavior between the RFC/Resi folks.

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