Pros
Flexibility on hours; fair pay; willing to teach & patient while learning. During high volume the owner/originator was very flexible with morning arrival after staying late. Additionally, gave generous bonus at the end of the year. Overall, pros were enough in my case to outweigh the cons. Other employees…not so much.
Cons
Owner had trust issues & would Micromanage when he became overwhelmed. Communication with owner/loan originator was very toxic. Often, owner did not keep his word & would speak about other employees in a negative way to other employees. Very little appreciation for work being done & basically no work-life balance during high volume. Lacked understanding for slow season salaried employees. The interest rates increased & immediately Laid me off after nearly two years of solid employment- increased loan volume significantly & the loan originator made nearly 800K both years. Very greedy with $. Gave little to no severance package & no notice. Does not care about employees. Lots of political talk. No benefits. No kitchen, coffee machine or kitchen/break area. When business went down, wasn’t willing to send employees to continuing education/training/certificates, etc. nor willing to try other avenues to keep staff on. Gave up & willing to lay off employees instead.