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4.4
Average Rating
(based on 17 Downey Savings & Loan Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.3
Growth Opportunities
4.1
People You Work With
4.6
Person You Work For
4.3
Rewards You Receive
4.4
Support You Get
4.4
Way You Work
4.7
Work Setting
4.6
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Systems Support Analyst

"Good tool analyst your expectation"

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"Just the people and friends I made over the past 3 years I have been there."

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"Not having the apportunity to grow more."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Need more work due the change management so often."

Senior Funder

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"There was a great team and family atmosphere. Everyone worked together and knew the overall goal."

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Always have an open line of communication with employees."

Product Manager

"Due to more management in loans, Downey Savings no longer exists."

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"My co-workers and family like atmosphere was what made me continue to wrok at Downey Savings."

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

"Company no longer exists."

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"The poor decisions made by senior and executive management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do what's morally right not what the other companies are doing. We made loans as they should have and then jumped on the bandwagon to stop looking if the customer could really afford it. That's what brought Downey down."

Customer Service Representative

"Great for college job."

Assistant Superintendent

"Good employer."

Lead QA Analyst

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"The employees were wonderful. We worked well together."

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

"The company failed, therefore their is no company to interview with."

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"The upper management wanted to make money giving out ARM loans, which caused the bank to fail."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should have remained conservative like they were when I was hired."

Regional Sales Manager

"Downey was bought by US Bank in November 2008, I was not able to secure a position in the OC as a Regional so I took a Manager's position until I found suitable employment"

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"opportunity to grow with the company"

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

"US bank is a very large company in growth mode, if willing to re-locate their are many opportunities. Pay is not competitive."

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"bad planning by senior management lead to failure"

Project Manager

"This was a great place to work."

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"The team environment and the challenges."

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

"Be honest and dress sharp. Listen to the client's needs."

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"That they canceled the project."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let me manage the project and I'll cut the costs in half."

Funding Supervisor

"Wonderful place"

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"Great place to work! Empowered employees"

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"Can't think of anything"

Business Analyst

"Downey Savings was a great Company to work for, but it was taken over by FDIC"

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"Downey gave me the opportunity to grow within the company."

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"Downey Savings offered sub-prime loans and the fact that it was take over be FDIC."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should of limited the sub-prime loans in order to avoid the situation they are in today."

REO Administrator

"Downey was taken over by US Bank in 11/08 and the infrastructure changed."

Technical Recruiter

"It was a great place to work, US bank took them over"

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"It was a great family environment"

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

"This company is closed."

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"It was a great place"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"That they consider marketing to a younger generation."

Operations Manager

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"Great environment and working with customers"

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"management style sometimes!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen more and offer more meetings and trainings to employees so they would be able to perform their jobs at its best"

Senior Software Engineer

"They were an excellent IT shop to work for. Unfortunately, they went out of business."

What do you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"They had an excellent software development process, very competent IT management, and very talented developers and business analysts"

What don't you like about working at Downey Savings & Loan?

"They were moving the bulk of their applications away from the .NET platform toward the Java platform."

Downey Savings & Loan Reviews FAQs

Is Downey Savings & Loan a good company to work for?

Downey Savings & Loan has an overall rating of 4.4 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 17 Downey Savings & Loan Review Ratings left anonymously by Downey Savings & Loan employees, which is 13% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 100% of employees would recommend working at Downey Savings & Loan.

Does Downey Savings & Loan pay their employees well?

Downey Savings & Loan employees earn $52,500 annually on average, or $25 per hour, which is 20% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 0 Downey Savings & Loan employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Downey Savings & Loan Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Downey Savings & Loan?

100% of employees would recommend working at Downey Savings & Loan with the overall rating of 4.4 out of 5. Employees also rated Downey Savings & Loan 4.3 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.4 for Rewards You Receive, 4.1 for Growth Opportunities and 4.4 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Downey Savings & Loan?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Downey Savings & Loan is a Executive Vice President at $351,000 annually. Browse Downey Savings & Loan Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Downey Savings & Loan?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Downey Savings & Loan is a Teller at $20,000 annually. Browse Downey Savings & Loan Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Downey Savings & Loan?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Downey Savings & Loan to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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