Join this company if you like being micro-managed! - Anonymous employee Ally Financial Employee Review

1.0
Mar 12, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation is competitive, loads of talent throughout Ally Bank, great corporate headquarters in downtown charlotte - with free parking and a free gym in the building.

Cons

Management makes literally every decision there is. From deciding what color an ad should be to what words should be on the ad. If you are an independent thinker who enjoys some autonomy with your work, BE WARNED. Management will tell you what to do, when to do it, what strategy you should have to do your work (that you were hired to be the expert on), and then pan you when you question their approach... even when they're wrong!

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Cons

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