Lower Operations Analyst reviews

2.9

29% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)
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Dan Snyder

55% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

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12 reviews
1.0
Apr 4, 2023

Run FAR away

Recommend
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Pros

meeting new friends cool office space

Cons

terrible upper management underpaid & overworked layoffs galore

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Lower Response
3y
I'm sorry to hear your experience with Lower.com was less than ideal. Unfortunately, the company had to make tough decisions in Fall 2022 to combat the industry changes, especially within our DTC division. We thank you for your contributions towards the company and wish you all the best.
2.0
Jul 21, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

-Good jumping off point for college grads to get their feet wet in the corporate/financial world. They didn't require any experience when I was hired so appreciated the opportunity to learn about a new industry. -Because of a younger workforce, you meet some really cool people there who can become long-term friends. -The New Albany office is a cool space.

Cons

A lot of the big points have already been covered by other reviews - inadequate pay relative to the rest of the industry, mass lay-offs over Zoom, certain toxic individuals of which management left untouched despite multiple employee complaints - so I won't go over those. An area which I've read little about in the reviews but particularly annoys me is how Lower portrays themselves online to potential future employees (@lifeatlower, LinkedIn, etc.). They present the company as a 'hip', 'cool', 'millennial- friendly' workplace with custom swag and pool tables and a soccer stadium. And though Lower does have those things and those things ARE 'cool', the company fails in all respects when it comes to things which matter: pay, vacation (three weeks including sick leave where more companies are moving to unlimited PTO), working from home and 401K matching. The week I write this Lower won some sort of award for most 'millennial-friendly' workplace; which was ironically celebrated with a hype-reel which included shots of millennial-aged employees which no longer work there out of dis-satisfaction with the company! And the final thing I'll comment on is the arrogance of certain high-ranking members of management. In many cases, most prominently during the demotion and firings of employees, management treated employees like idiots, believing we couldn't put two-and-two together on why certain decisions were being made. Telling operations staff they are being laid off/demoted for poor performance while loan volume simultaneously plummets based on interest rates and inflation rising is peak arrogance. And it's even stupider when it's followed by sales staff complaining about length of time for loans to move because there is no more operations staff!

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Lower Response
3y
Thank you for providing us with your feedback. Our training program sets us apart and allows us to bring on recent grads and give them the tools they need to succeed. We’re happy to hear that you got to experience that! This has been an unprecedented time in the housing industry and we know the impact has been felt by many. Our team spends a significant amount of time researching to ensure that we are continuing to follow the market on pay and benefits and we continue to evaluate this information. Best of luck!
3.0
Nov 23, 2021

Invest in People

Recommend
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Pros

Extremely relaxed work environment & have the flexibility to work from home if needed. Great co workers & people. Fun events & branded clothing

Cons

Has definitely grown faster than they expected & you can tell. Cycles of mass hiring followed by mass layoffs. Everyone is very siloed so instead of working cooperatively cross departments, everyone is trying to pass the buck. Because the company has grown so fast, the people currently in leadership roles aren’t great leaders.

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Lower Response
4y
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. We appreciate the constructive feedback and we're constantly looking at ways to improve our internal communication. While tenure is an indicator of promotion, performance and leadership qualities are also factored in. If you'd like to share more insights into any feedback, let us know at HR@lower.com.
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