Micromanagement at its worst!!! - Anonymous employee Texas Capital Employee Review

1.0
Apr 29, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits such as health insurance, HSAs, and other company perks are great

Cons

Every process is highly micromanaged. You are asked to keep your camera on during every useless Teams meeting (group manager leading these mandatory meetings would waste time by using the full allotted time discussing nonsensical items every week). I was even asked by someone in the group to not contact others in a more senior role, even if you need their guidance with certain tasks.. Group manager was very wishy-washy, telling all portfolio managers to not say no when declining bad loansin order to appease loan officers. Loan officers were then asked to waste time by asking for more information from clients, even though the final decision would eventually be a decline. Organization also reneged on promises - I was promised to be able to work from home on certain days due to my physical disability during the interview process, but was later told I wasn't allowed to do so several months later (it was like this was never discussed).

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