Ally Financial Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Semperian has been an interesting place to work and it has taught me a lot about the finance industry."

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"I have enjoyed my entire experience at GMAC-Semperian. The managers are all very knowledgeable and helpful. If an associate offers an opinion to help make the job more effecient, the managers listen and help get necessary changes made. I have worked hard at my job from the day I started, and my work and contributions have not gone unnoticed by the management team. While Semperian wants to always be best in class, and provide the best customer service to GMAC customers at all times, they also care about their employees' needs."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Even with GMAC's financial difficulties in the past couple years, the employees that work hard and prove themselves to management are still rewarded."

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"After working here for two years, I feel that this job does not present enough of a challenge."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The site manager and the operations managers have been amazing to work for. My site manager is very straightforward and if a problem is presented to her, she is always prepared to fight for her employees until a solution is found."

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"It was a new office for the California area. I enjoyed the experience of developing and marketing new business."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Yes, let them know you are familar with reports and how you can use them to manage your portfolio."

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"The funding department was located in Florida which caused some concerns with funding time as well as the time difference. The Florida office was not correctly staffed to handle calls from the west coast."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would have liked to seen more open lines of communication with the Sr. Management team, to address concerns and provide suggestions."

"Very simple, yet gives a fair & balance reviewfor both sides"

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"Great bennefiets, had a great name reconigtion."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be extremely goal oriented & be prepared do to whatever it takes ( no social life) to achive those goals, if you want to be a top producer."

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"profssinal growth, just isn't there, and theyare bit to Micro manage- Takingaway ones unique talents & sales attributes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let ones unique talents shine through feed off others success. Stay away from fear as a mmain motivator, to more of you can do it , encouragement, success rconigition. it allows for more of a cognitive work place & I believe more of one wanting to set the bar for others to achieve. rather than producing for the fear ofhere job."

"I loved my job and the people I worked with"

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"It was a family."

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"you can talk to anyone at any level at anytime"

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"Having to devide my time between running the Bank and bringing in business"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"keep up the goon work"

"I will never work for these dodos again."

"Its a great environment to work in and to expand in as well."

"It was the best of times it was the worst of times"

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"great pay and always busy"

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"poor management, no career development visibility and lack of trust in management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be honest with your employees, create of opportunities for advancement for those that are interested and qualified"

"GMAC Re - SRs has been sold to Maiden Re"

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"Building the company."

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"All good."

"Great place to work and my initiatives were well supported."

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"When I was hired they were losing $7.5 million dollars per year. They were extremely supportive and helped me to implement initiative that eventually lead to a $6 million dollar gain in a depreciating market."

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"At the end of last year the company sold and then closed all of their branch offices. My only regret is that we had too little time to turn things around."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Three suggestions - 1) Recruit 2) Retain 3) Train and do each with excellence."

"Corporate environment with excess red tape"

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"GMAC is a great company and offered great training opportunities."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This is a good place to continue to learn the business."

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"The corporate rigidness made it sometimes difficult to maintain client relations. This business requires you to think outside the box."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"GMAC had limited loan products and if you used a broker they would penalize you financially. The goal should be to satisfy your client and close the loan. A lot of my business comes from referral."

"Great idea for a job site."

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"Flexibility & benefits"

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"Excessive management layers. Parochial politics between teams; especially us/them approach by IT toward business."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Thin the layers"

"I loved all my positions and the company until Cerberus bought the company and eliminated our department."

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"The energy of everyone in the company! The determination, focus and teamwork to acheive the goal."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"What is the security of the position How much has GMAC improved since the recent cutback What data is available to confirm a turn around"

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"That the company was purchased by a company that knew little about our business. GMAC had a niche market in the GM Family and GM Supplier clientelle. Cerberus saw no value in that and eliminated our department. The GM Family business was not a given and the company lost those clients that were the cream of the crop and was left with subprime customers - not an ideal situation in a declining economy!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"While GMAC brought value to GM when they needed the cash the most, they should have used more care in the negotiation with a buyer so they could have insured success and value in the future. All of GMAC mortage retail offices nation wide are now closed because the immediate cash flow that was needed by GM few years ago."

"Excellent company to work."

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"Excellent company"

"I think it was being at the right place at the right time."

What do you like about working at Ally Financial?

"At the time the mortgage industry was booming and so you made great friends and made great money. They worked you hard- but you were compensated well."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be ready to work long hours- but it's a stable company!"

What don't you like about working at Ally Financial?

"I think sometimes people can not separate between personal and business. As an underwriter your job is to protect the company and Ditech at times was a lot more production oriented."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think at the time I was at Ditech the culture was relaxing -- don't micromanage but as you keep people happy they will work very hard for you!"