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Populus Financial Group

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Populus Financial Group Reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)
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Jay Shipowitz

75% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Populus Financial Group has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Populus Financial Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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38 reviews
4.0
21 Mar 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Availability of large amount of Resources and Economies of Scale in Production. Restriction on Liability. Management. Unaffected Existence. Transferability of Shares. Research and Training. Spreading of Risk. Societal Development

Cons

the company can be expensive to establish, maintain and wind up the reporting requirements can be complex your financial affairs are public if directors fail to meet their legal obligations, they may be held personally liable for the company's debts profits distributed to shareholders are taxable.

2.0
31 Mar 2021

Constant Direction Changes

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Good pay relative to the market. - Some of the folks are good to work with (but some others are snakes) - The new facilities are nice. - Good benefits. - They are making a concerted effort to replace their payday products with more consumer-friendly installment loan products.

Cons

Because the payday lending industry is so heavily regulated, the reactionary (almost panicked) direction changes are constant. On top of that, everyone lives in fear of Jay (the CEO), and he often has unrealistic expectations for what "must" be done in a given time frame. This inability to listen to reason creates a ton of stress down the chain that results in a lot of finger pointing and over-worked employees.

2.0
24 Mar 2020

Year End

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Depending on your work group, you can have a very positive experience. My experience was very good. Other groups work together okay, but there is a lack of vision/leadership that pits department heads against each other.

Cons

CEO acts emotionally instead of using maturity and logic.

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