Success is elusive and at best temporary. - Human Resources Ally Financial Employee Review

3.0
Jan 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Being a subsidiary of GMAC has its benefits, both from a total rewards, recognition, and benefits perspective. But this is a company that excelled in another world, prior to the mortgage market meltdown and global economic turmoil. Work - life balance was strongly encouraged and supported.

Cons

GMAC-RFC served a niche market that at one point was very profitable. Then the world changed and the company did not change fast enough or move in the right direction. While talking about diversification of its portfolio, the company missed the boat in that it still focused on the sub prime market. The pressures brought about by the sale of GMAC to Cerebus also created turmoil as GMAC sought to consolidate and become more efficient. There were culture clashes and low employee engagement as a result. The people who needed to be retained were either let go or left the company before things got too bad.

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5.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Great culture, good compensation and benefits. Excellent management team, very supportive and interactive with the team.

Cons

Onboarding was a challenge due to IT’s lack of clear direction. The loan origination system crashes a lot.

2.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Hybrid schedule is reasonable, with only three days a week required in office. Benefits are decent and we have a fairly new office building is a nice.

Cons

Don’t be fooled by Glassdoor’s rating. It likely reflects the old Ally, not the company it is today. Ally used to be a great place to work, with strong culture, meaningful work, and real innovation. They used to pride themselves on culture, and now it’s the worst I’ve seen it. There have been significant leadership changes, with many of the leaders who made Ally great shown the door. Round after round of layoffs has everyone whispering about who’s next, and the people who remain here are stuck cycling through failed re-orgs meant to “fix” the department. It’s gotten bad enough that I know people actively hoping to get cut just to walk away with severance. If it doesn’t get better soon, I might be hoping to be let go myself. I can’t recommend it the way I once would have.

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