Ally Financial

Pay was pretty decent. Pretty good PTO (20 days, bank holidays). Some decent co-workers. Good resources for independent training. Lots of teamwork with various teams in IT, depending on your role. Free parking in downtown Detroit (but it's a ~10 min walk to the office).

Middle management was terrible. I get the company's philosophy of "Look externally," but just because someone has 10+ years of IT experience doesn't make them a good leader.

A lot of micromanaging and dumping administrative work on individual team members when they were already swamped.

• Outdated tech/processes
• Limited career growth
• Lots of red tape. Some tasks that would take you 10 minutes to do could take an entire day.

Work-life balance was non-existent. A lot of (last minute) late-night meetings and working past working hours/weekends. Seemed like managers didn't value your time.

Overall company culture was fine, I guess. There was nothing spectacular or noteworthy that I could think of.