CIC is what happens if a dumpster fire and sinking titanic had a baby.
Pros
sometimes there were free cookies in the breakroom. my team was good, unlike most others at corporate
Cons
Where to begin. The CEO is completely disassociated with the company. He sits in his giant leather chair and lords over everyone. If you're in marketing, beware. He will find you and completely hijack your day (more like week) with stupid, not related to business "tasks" to boost his ego and wallet. Seriously. Who needs a website for a chicken that died 40 years ago? Or a made up goblin. The man bragged about having the same receptionist for over 5 years and never learning her name. The owners son decided that 2 handicap parking spaces were one too many so he took one so he and his dogs could park one space closer to the door. Human resources could care less about the employees. They're incredibly rude and make sure to take away ALL of your benefits by midnight on your last day. Most companies would let you keep your insurance until the end of the month (especially if you give a 2 weeks notice and follow through on it). But not Check Into Cash. The IT department would be great if the company would actually provide them with the resources and training to do their jobs effectively. There are some really talented people in IT but unfortunately they have to work off of old equipment that is at most halfway set up correctly. Most of the c-suite and the president are pretentious and could care less about anyone else. I was one of the few lucky people to have a boss that actually cared but most of the time their hands were tied behind their back. All of this was tolerable (and better than being unemployed) until August 2021 when they announced that we were merging with Community Choice Financial. The first few weeks of the merger were OK but we quickly realized that the merger was actually a hostile takeover and that we were the ones who lost. My boss was told to layoff half of our 7 person team to "cut costs" at the beginning of Q4 while the CEO of CIC and the CEO of CCF fly all around the nation in their private jets. Everything got incredibly worse and the culture shifted from "tolerating your weird cousins at grandma's thanksgiving dinner" to "me versus you, every man for himself". My boss and another (nice) c-suite member gave their 2 weeks notices and both were told to vacate the premises the next day. The company is a cross between a giant dumpster fire and the Titanic sinking while the string quartet continues to play Mozart. Anyone considering working here should run far, far away.
