Strive Lending Reviews

4.3

77% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)

Corey Leonard

74% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Strive Lending has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 32 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Strive Lending employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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32 reviews
5.0
21 Aug 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work environment- lots of potential for a great career, great group of people working here, free snacks!! Very understanding & flexible.

Cons

Cant think of any right now

1.0
7 June 2017

Former employee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Before I truly understood what Strive Lending was I enjoyed my job there. That changed quickly. I would say there are no pros at all to working there.

Cons

Corey Leonard, the CEO, is running a very shady business. He works with third party companies who also engage in shady business practices. He also has zero loyalty to his employees. He lied repeatedly and eventually fired everyone claiming the business was shutting down. No severance was provided and everyone was out of a job with no warning and no remorse. I would think long and hard before ever working with Strive Lending. You will not ever be valued as an employee or a human being. I would steer clear.

1.0
23 May 2017

Loan Officer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Before my eyes were truly opened up, I was just happy to work for a company that hired a lot of young, inexperienced people who were fun to work with. They provided us with SO many snacks, etc. The base salary was originally $36,000 for loan officers which was pretty nice.

Cons

Where do I begin? Not only is Corey Leonard a ticking time bomb, he had punched a hole in the wall, threw something heavy through the plastic window in one of the cubicles, etc. He always played favorites and only gave good leads to certain loan officers he went out to go drink with. It was an extremely unprofessional environment, absolutely no training, putting through terrible loans, etc. Business had slowed down around October 2016 but Corey reassured us on numerous occasions that he was not going to let anyone go and that business would pick up. However, out of NO WHERE, he called a meeting on February 15, 2017 and announced the company was closing. This was a lie. He wanted to see who would stick around and clean up his mess. About 10-15 employees stuck around and got to be paid off every other loan officer's hard work while we were left without a job. Corey likes to hire unexperienced, naïve college kids who don't realize he is running a terrible business model that he refuses to change. He collects his earnings and lays everyone off when things die down. BE AWARE- there are so many other reputable lenders to work for! I would not recommend this company to anyone. HR also begs employees to write good reviews, so be careful!!

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