Pros
This company works hard to create an inclusive team with a positive environment. All of the people I worked with are very friendly, and helpful. Nice people, impressive technology, all the support you need regarding pep talks and back office help. Great equipment, there's a department that helps each loan officer with their marketing and social media campaigns. Stellar Sales Conference, five stars. You get to meet all the support staff and back office employees, impressive key-note speakers, solid opportunity to meet C-suite.
Cons
Loan officers internally seem to by vying for much of the same referral business. Prepare to be inundated with training emails and sales pitches for external tools you can add to your arsenal that cost you money. There are no internal referrals, they will not waive fees to match rates at other institutions, there is only one person making these decisions for the region and he has too much on his plate to be a mentor to the majority of his team (aside from the Monday and Friday Teams meetings that I'm assuming are meant to be mentoring sessions for the local team and the South East). After a few months of getting to know the employees and the work culture, the cracks start to show, but everyone continues to tow the line. Interest rates are higher than at competitors, presumably due to the amount of money they put into technology, marketing, and company perks. Hard to be competitive. Management tells you to "sell yourself, not rate."