Ally Financial reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,387 total reviews)
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Michael Rhodes

60% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Ally Financial has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,387 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ally Financial employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Aug 13, 2016
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Pros

Good teamwork at lower team levels. Generally good working environment with adequate facilities for meetings. Interesting projects. Good break room facilities and free coffee.

Cons

Poor IT management that doesn't take advantage of the intelligence and experience of the employees and contractors. Poor division of responsibilities in product maintenance. Dictatorship type of management. HR is poorly trained, hidden away, and basically just a tool of management. Tools changed too often and without training.

1.0
Jun 11, 2015
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Pros

Great co-workers, opportunity to work with leading-edge banking technology, well appointed office facilities, superb middle mangement

Cons

Poor human resources department — verging on discriminatory practices toward disabled employees, "egalitarian" policies remove standard corporate titles and associated compensation typically found in banking, organisational immaturity creates additional unnecessary work and attracts undue regulatory pressures, senior leadership often not open to opposing viewpoints or ideas aside from their own

2.0
Jun 4, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Very little oversight due to poor leadship structure and universal incompetence, allowing many employees to virtually run wild. This is good if you prefer to learn on your own and like to work individually. Benefits are competetive. Most peers are very pleasant to work with. Facility is nice.

Cons

Sucession planning is non-existent, and the company commits no time or effort into annual reviews. So, there is little-to-no motivation to do anything but the minimum. Most 'leaders' are wholly unqualified to be in leadership roles and provide no value to their subordinates. This organization does a piss-poor job of providing training, which is amplified by the fact that they do not hire folks with enough experience, or the right experience. The orientation gives a brief overview of the organizational structure and the system employed, but does not prepare anyone for their job-specific duties. The one-the-job training is very informal and is usually inadequate due to the case loads. The whole company too often operates in panic/clean-up mode due to issues stemming from 'system-limitations', incompetence, and bureaucracy. The constant fire drills leave most people involved too jaded to care. Their idea of customer centricity is nothing but a coat of paint. Underneath, you have an army of folks with no experience in customer service, and very little desire to do anything more than avoid be reprimanded by their leaders, which they so eloquently refer to as "coaching." They employ entirely too many vendors, most of which are monitored ineffectively. This company has become the McDonald's of banking by underpaying, for underqualified employees/managers, short-staffing, and microanalyzing them.

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