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      The worst company anyone could work for! - Anonymous employee First Cal Employee Review

      1.0
      May 23, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      There are no Pros about this company. They are deceptive when hiring & once you're on, there's no good training in place. Setting up people to fail.

      Cons

      Severely Understaffed. Employees are overworked (Underwriters, processors & closers). The company doesn't care about its employees. HR department does not follow the Employee handbook and doesn't properly follow protocol on employee complaints. Upper level Managers are incompetent and don't properly support their employees. Managers lie to cover themselves & have the employees get the blame. There isn't any accountability on upper management who acts impulsively & has bursts of anger.

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      5.0
      May 11, 2023
      Marketing coordinator
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Excellent people, fantastic culture, made life long friends.

      Cons

      Pay, no flexibility with work from home option.

      5.0
      Aug 7, 2017
      Loan officer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Not sure why there are so many bad reviews. From a Sales perspective this company has been excellent. Very fast underwrite turn times. Very fast closing and funding. Very competitive interest rates and fees. In the Arizona market we are extremely competitive compared to local companies. The culture at First Cal is a sales culture and they do everything in their power to help the sales team. Underwriting is very easy to work with and we have not had many issues. If an issue does arise they take a common sense approach and keep "feelings" out of it. I have worked for some larger companies ie: Guaranteed Rate, Stearns Lending, GMAC and others over the past 15+ years where I have been originating loans and I have not been as happy as I am here. I have funded every loan I have ever submitted to underwriting at 1st Cal, not including loans that were cancelled by the buyer during the inspection period. First Cal also has great technology. The online mortgage application is excellent. Much better than the application we had at a previous employer.

      Cons

      I cannot think of any. There were some people that were cons and they no longer work at the company.

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