Rocket reviews

The blind worship of the company here is unsettling and unhealthy. Bankers are pushed for long hours and are intensely mistreated, only to turn around and brag about sleeping at their desk. Tech teams are given "high-priority" messaging with every, and I mean EVERY project, though those projects often leave little impact, if they aren't scrapped altogether. Though you are provided with support to professionally develop, the artificial urgency of everyday work means that you will mostly be doing that on your own time. Any conversations about raises are kept vague until you're provided with false sincerity and a line about how the decision is out of your Team Leader's hands. There ARE career opportunities in the definition of promotions, but those opportunities are insidious, and come with a price that is definitely not worth it--usually a double-packed schedule and slow draining of your sense of self. This wouldn't be all that different from similarly sized companies, but what feels different here is that people buy into what they are being sold. Even mild critique simply is not spoken. When issues are brought up, the most likely result is that the person raising them will be handed from manager to manager and talked into circles until they come back blaming themselves, telling a different story than what actually happened, and quoting the ISMs. Feedback on the company goals is always tight-eyes-stretched-smile positive, which means that any endeavors to address real problems--sorry, I mean "challenges"--can only ever scratch the surface level. There is a lot of lip service paid to diversity and inclusion, but constant blindness and tokenization. While there are some overarching programs in the works, no real efforts are made to support employees in marginalized groups on a day-to-day basis. (As an example of this uncanniness: at least 30% of the people on my team were LGBTQ+, but it was a rare case that any of us would feel comfortable mentioning our partner, family, or general life experiences in group settings.) This job provided me with the financial means to set up a baseline for myself and make active decisions about my life. Mainly, it allowed me the decision to quit. I was offered a significant raise when I sent in my resignation; I had a pile of stocks vesting in less than a year. I did not have a plan. I did not leave for a new position. I just left. I had a cushy job in the grand scheme of things, but nothing would have been worth it to stay. It's been a few months, and I truly believe walking away when I did was a crucial decision of my life. I lived off of savings. I got actual rest. I rebuilt relationships and support systems. I volunteered for local organizations and found somewhere I feel like I can be a person in the world. I am genuinely happy. If you're reading this and you've been offered a job at Rocket: Be careful. This can be an opportunity, but it all depends on how you handle yourself within it. Know who you are. Keep your goals in your mind, get the resources you need to meet them, and then for the love of everything you care about, get out.

QL used to be "the" place to work in metro Detroit. It was a friendly, vibrant, challenging environment where people felt happy to come to work everyday. We gave the middle finger to typical corporate America organizational structures and procedures and were proud to call ourselves Quicken Loans team members. The culture and the ISMs are truly what drove the company day in and day out. Team members were rewarded for their hard work and loyalty. Opportunities for advancement were plentiful, and for the most part handled fairly. The organization truly was "flat", and people felt empowered to talk to any member of leadership with concerns or problems, no matter how high up the food chain they were. That has all changed, nearly overnight. In the last 6 months there has been a MASSIVE wave of non-stop firings to the tune of nearly 30% of the underwriting force. Leadership has the audacity to stand up at an E3 meeting and tell everyone that the rumors about people being fired at a rapid pace are not true. I know of a few hundred people that would probably dispute that lie. All work from home privileges have been removed (unless you're lucky enough to live 50 miles or more away from QL), and micromanaging is the new norm. Team leaders have been neutered and have absolutely no power to make their own decisions anymore. They merely parrot back what they are told to regurgitate behind closed doors. Morale took an absolute nose dive, the likes of which I had never seen in my 10 years at QL. It makes me sad to see what it has become. I made many, many dear and close friends over the years. I defended QL on social media when friends and former employees would accuse me of "drinking the kool-aid". Drink it? Hell I guzzled it by the gallon. It truly was an awesome place to work, and it is heart-breaking to see what is happening to the friends I still have on the inside. They live in fear and indescribable stress day-to-day not knowing if today will be their day. If you are looking for a typical job at a typical corporate American company, this is the place for you.