Working at Countrywide Home Loans in Simi Valley, CA: 23 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Simi Valley, CA Area

"Challenging and diverse."

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"The breadth of opportunity to lean and provide value."

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"It is far from where I live."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think outside of the box."

"Very Unorganized Company"

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"Exposure to Mortgage industry"

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"Countrywide IT managers are too self-absorb. Most have been removed by BOFA Management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reorganize"

"company is out of business"

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"great insurance and mortgage industry experience. Multi-channel experience of DRTV, SEO, Direct Mail and Telemarketing"

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"company went out of business"

"Countrywide was a good place to learn and work while business was good"

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"It was a tremendous place to learn new technology and ways to apply it to the needs of the business units."

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

"Don't inerview. Ongoing layoffs limit the ability to succeed."

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"The focus now is on dismantling systems, not building them, and on reducing staff rather than improving their skills and contributions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hold non-productive associates accountable for their actions. Review project plans and establish trends for repeated failures to improve processes and become successful."

"Countrywide was an amazing place to start my career."

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"The people that I've met over the years. The experience and training they provided."

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

"Come prepared to work hard but it is definitely worth it."

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"Countrywide was an amazing employer."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Possibly be more clear with future direction."

"Rich enterprise integration environment."

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"The ability to help people with their mortgages."

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

"Smile."

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"Parking"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Dont micro manage your teams with the way the mortgage field is turning out for now."

"good."

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"stability and expertise in mortgage business."

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"was bought by bank of america."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"should have offered a traditional loan of 30 year fixed to customers."

"One of the best jobs of my life"

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"People, Principles, and Passion....Diversity, and Career Advancement; the most dynamic organization I have had the pleasure of working for."

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"Overall, the people were nice to work with, except for upper management."

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

"Be careful."

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"Upper Management was out of touch and not team oriented, they were self focused."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look at your employees as investments not robots."

"Not good"

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"My co- workers"

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

"Do not go on an interview unless you are desparate"

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"I do not enjoy the way it is managed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work on their people skills. Need to take more management classes."

"I would hope that the reviews would have some worth in changing the company for the better."

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"Nothing!"

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

"As I said before, I would hope that the review would have some worth in bettering the company for the employees that work there."

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"The most unethical company I've ever worked for. If you didn't know the right people, grease the right palms, kiss the right behind, you would be passed up for a well deserved promotion. They showed favoritism, got away with belittling employees, outright verbally abusing employees and when employee relations was contacted, they all stuck together and brushed it under the rug as if were just something that happens and to just deal with it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To be fair and stop looking out for management when they break the law and look out for the employees. I have never been treated with such dissregard and dissrespect in the ten years that I worked for this company. They claim to be ethical and on the contrary, they were anything but ethical. I don't know how they got away with what they did for so long."

"It was a good company to work with."

"Nice place to work for."

"The best place to work."

What do you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"Great team work."

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

"Make sure you have lot of knowledge and experience about any job you applying for."

What don't you like about working at Countrywide Home Loans?

"New Management try to micro manage employee."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on your work and don't worry about your employee if you trust them."