Pros
Working for a Compass is a rewarding and challenging experience allowing for employees to fully exercise our brain while giving us opportunities to advance personal careers. Compass has created an environment and culture that gives me and other employees a platform to advance our financial tech, business management, and industry knowledgebase. Getting real hands on experience by speaking with clients and peers in regular settings, having opportunities to pitch ideas to upper management, and having the ability to directly effect change because of personal ownership of projects, gives me and employees the potential to advance within the company. The culture at the office is also very open and transparent with a trading floor set up, where there are no corner offices and you have the ability to talk with management and peers easily. Also, there is encouragement of work-life balance. A lot of employees like to run, exercise and engage their bodies in physical activities as well as their mind after work.
Cons
The pace of Compass is quick. Because Compass is known and pride’s themselves on being at the forefront of Fin-tech and Mortgage Banking technology, you are expected to produce on items and tasks that fall under your job title. If you are not familiar with mortgage or industry terms, there is a lot to learn. I was provided with ample training and information, but you are expected to learn yourself, there is no true-hand holding as everyone has their own tasks to complete. Employees will most definitely help, if you ask questions, but if you don’t speak up or engage in your work, you will fall behind.