Pros: - Great benefits - Team-centered - Interesting technology - Honest banking that genuinely wants to help first-time buyers. Follows the spirit of fair lending policies, not just the letter of the law. You can feel good about what you produce.

Cons: - Strong culture that was carefully shepherded while Quicken Loans was private has melted significantly since going public as Rocket Mortgage. Original leaders are all gone now. - Hostage to the mortgage market, which is currently in a serious slump.

Pros: Benefits were great, and pay was competitive.

Cons: The ISMs are pretty decent as far as guidelines go, but the culture Dan Gilbert created is pretty toxic and problematic for a changing workforce. People would have a problem when I would say “user” when talking about someone using our product, but then had no problems saying things like “gump it” for “dumb it down”, or my favorite—their central tech support is “the guy”. Many of these because they are holding on to Dan's culture. I really wanted to like working here, I enjoyed my team, but my management chain was all white cis het men, who were just more problematic than the last. Heard many horror stories throughout engineering.

Pros: So far my experience at Rocket has been a very positive one. The people I have worked with have been great, there are a variety of interesting business domains to work in, and there is opportunity to learn about and work with AI which is a critical area to be gaining experience in to stay current as an engineer. The salary and benefits are fairly competitive, the work hours are reasonable (40-50/wk), and there is definitely opportunity for career growth if you have the skills, experience, work ethic, and ambition.

Cons: The technology organization is reorganized on a fairly regular basis, which isn’t inherently negative, but it does mean you have to be comfortable with change—new leaders, new teammates, a new business domain, and more. Personally, I like the occasional change of scenery. It’s an enterprise software engineering role, so there’s going to be more processes and red tape than you might find at a smaller company or startup, but much less than I’ve seen at other enterprise companies.