Countrywide Financial – “Best place to learn mortgage industry, but the top down management style is lack of motivation”

Pros

Best place to learn mortgage industry; most senior management are real experts and live and die for mortgage operations. multipal level of career ladder to clime which itself serves as incentive for your hard work;

Cons

Top down management style, lower level employees has less say in project choice and even in their internal career path; you have to have your current boss Ok to move around; more often when you inform your manager about your leave, they start to treat you with fair compensation through a counter offer-- too late and waste of resources for both the company and employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Respect subordinate; provide more flexible internal transfer mechanism