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    Paradigm Quest Reviews

    Updated May 26, 2018
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    Paradigm Quest Founder, President & CEO Kathy Gregory
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    1. "Great company, great culture"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Paradigm Quest full-time

      Pros

      Paradigm quest is a great place to work. People come first here. Your work is recognized and keeping the family feel is exceptionally important to all. If you want to know that your contribution is valued and your work makes a difference come here.

      Cons

      If you aren’t keen to learn and grow then Paradigm Quest may not be for you!!

    2. "Manager"

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      Current Employee - Manager in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Current Employee - Manager in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Paradigm Quest full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great place to discover new opportunities and expand on industry knowledge very quickly!

      Cons

      Service level commitments can sometimes be very aggressive.

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    3. "All the right reasons"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Credit in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Current Employee - Credit in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Paradigm Quest full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      - Team atmosphere - genuinely nice people to work with
      - Lots of variation in work - it's never boring
      - Big focus on making improvements for everyone!

      Cons

      - Sometimes too much work (partly the industry, part poor planning)
      - Strategy isn't always clear or sometimes changes -
      - Lots of opportunities to share information between teams more

      Advice to Management

      Management changes in the last year have been really good ones and well received by the teams - keep at it!

    4. "Underwriter"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Mortgage Underwriter in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Current Employee - Mortgage Underwriter in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Paradigm Quest full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Flexibility, work from home option, competitive salary, laid back atmosphere. It's about the quality of the work not micro management. Good team where everyone helps each other out. Awesome CEO.

      Cons

      Lack of communication from managers and poor training.

      Advice to Management

      Take more time to train new hires to retain people for longer. Be more transparent with employees.

    5. "Great work environment"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Paradigm Quest full-time

      Pros

      working environment is great, people are really friendly and helpful

      Cons

      their pay is too low

    6. "Good to get experience"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Credit Administrator
      Former Employee - Credit Administrator
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Paradigm Quest full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Fun people, good benefits
      Good place to start off and get experience
      laid back atmosphere

      Cons

      Not much room for growth, not a lot of communication with management and employees. A lot of polices and rules to remember for underwriting, audit process is not good.

      Advice to Management

      Hire managers who know what they are doing not just because. When people are new hires, give them adequate training, shadowing for a few days is not good training.

    7. "Was not for me"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend

      Pros

      I guess beer cart Fridays.

      Cons

      They have no process or structure. When you are working with mortgages, it is important to have a good process in order to have the deal completed on time. Also the underwriters did not get along with the business managers, they were always having problems. Too much politics, just way too much. The job itself was way too demanding. People would go home and do work, even on the weekends.

      Advice to Management

      Get new management and implement proper process!!!!

    8. "Business Analyst"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at Paradigm Quest full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      People who you work with are great.
      Beer and snacks on Fridays in the summer and last Friday of the month outside of summer months.

      Cons

      Management.
      Turnaround is like a nonstop turnstile.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your employees. They know what's best. Management doesn't always know what it takes to complete tasks and projects.

    9. Helpful (3)

      "Great company, Great People"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      friendly co-workers
      interesting & dynamic work
      cross function training is available
      beer cart fridays
      full training is provided and work is challenging with clearly defined goals
      working for the customers and will do anything to satisfy the client
      super fun work events

      Cons

      staff is not young
      very much a desk job
      a bit silo'd in some departments
      not much encouragement for innovation

    10. Helpful (3)

      "Great experience in a a big Mortage Family."

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Servicing in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Current Employee - Servicing in Toronto, ON (Canada)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Paradigm Quest full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      We have the Best team ever. We are in the top 100 best company this year. During the summer, Every friday we have a Beer and a bag of chips:) They always try to make Job activity to create a great complicity in the company which make us a fierce team.
      If you ever get board of your job there is always some other position that you can apply in the company.

      Cons

      Sometimes it can get very cold in the office because of the AC.
      We only have a lunch break of 30 minutes... unless you wish to finish half an hour at the end of your shift.

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