Fun place to work. - Underwriting Analyst Forward Financing Employee Review

4.0
Sep 3, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Fun place to work with great people.

Cons

Work life balance can be issue with the hours worked.

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Forward Financing Response
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Thank you for providing us with your feedback and for your dedicated work on the team. We agree we do have a great environment and we are lucky to have a team filled with amazing people. We recognize the hard work and dedication the department has committed to in order to accommodate the growth of our business these past few months. Over the past few weeks, we have focused our hiring efforts on the teams that may have felt the impacts and growing pains the most. Since the date of your Glassdoor review, we have welcomed many new team members and will continue building the teams to accommodate the growing demand. We hope the addition of new team members to your department and the company has helped to improve your workload. If you feel that work-life balance continues to be an issue, please raise this to your direct manager or let us know by emailing us at peopleandculture@forwardfinancing.com

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