Working at D.R. Horton in Austin, TX: 3 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Austin, TX Area

"Great Company and leadership."

"It's name should be DR Horton's Mortgage company"

What do you like about working at D.R. Horton?

"The employees they hire are really friendly and family oriented"

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

"This company is all about the success of their parent company, DR Horton. They focus on quarterly reports, year end and stock ratings of the builder. It's not about DHI's success, but their builder's success and your mindset must be focused that way to survive."

What don't you like about working at D.R. Horton?

"It's all about DR Horton's stock ratings. DHI works their employees to the bone when it comes to quarter end or year end DR Horton reports. Don't ask for time off or vacations in September as that is DR Horton's year end and they really push to get homes off their books. DHI does too many favors for their DR Horton builders that would not be allowed with other lenders. It's hard to get on that mentality after being with lenders that aren't dictated by the builder. They can't seem to separate the two companies."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit doing knee jerk reactions just to make DR Horton stocks look good. Let DHI Mortgage survive on it's own and not be dictated by DR Horton. These two companies are intertwined way too much!"

"Very high volume, agressive underwriting since builder owned, a lot of late nights and weekends."

What do you like about working at D.R. Horton?

"I was making a great deal of money based on OT and was able to keep up to date regarding FHA underwriting changes."

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

"Be ready for mandatory overtime and mandatory goals that must be met in order to make any bonus."

What don't you like about working at D.R. Horton?

"Most days included late evening hours and we consistently gave up 3 weekends per month to help the builder owned company meet sales and production goals."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more aware of the fact there were too many loans being looked at by too few underwriters and management was detached from the day to day underwriting challenges that existed in the dept."