Like a roller coaster- both in a good and very bad way - Loan Officer Rapid Cincinnati Employee Review

Caveh Azadeh & Scott Thompson are the two senior partners and they were very good for me professionally. I ended up here out of college and it gave a really good look at what it takes to be successful. This is a standard sales job: a lot of time at the office, even more time outside with clients. The upside to this is that the commissions are BY FAR the largest in the industry, even after I moved to a larger city I was still shocked at how much money I made at Rapid. Not just that, but it is a really good company where everyone is like a family and the bosses truly care about their people and want them to do well. They put a lot of emphasis on everyone working together, they took us to Reds games, rented buses to take us to the Derby's every year, to the casinos, and a lot of happy hours and just great get togethers. It says a lot about a company when everyone who works together only hangs out with their co-workers outside of work, its because it really is like a family. Scot Thompson and Caveh Azadeh run a tight ship, but if you get to know them you know that they each started out as loan officers themselves. They were able to rise through the ranks and now they run the company. This is really good because if anyone is able to speak to loan officers and mentor them it is them. They were really caring, inspiring, and yet stern bosses- helped my career more than I can even describe. It's a great experience for anyone who wants to be in business, not to mention the training and support system Scott and Caveh provide is second to none. I really miss working here.

It is difficult to get the hang of working as much as you have to for this job. But then again, if you want to be successful it really takes hitting the bricks. I made a few thousand short of $100K in my first year, although I worked very very very hard. So the only downside is the level of work, but if you're not ready to work your tail off then you really should not be working in business period.

You have the ability to make a lot of money... I mean 6 figures right out of college! Great corporate culture, a lot of fun company paid for trips and outings. The managers are very supportive managers, theres a lot of room for advancement, great experience in sales with constant mentoring from seasoned professionals. Rapid also offers great benefits, gym memberships, health, dental vision, very good benefits.

The downside is that this job is very demanding. You end up working weird hours, from 9 am to 3 pm, a few hours off, then in the evening for call block. You have to really work hard at this job at all times, no phoning in it! It begins problematic if you have outside stuff going on, girlfriend problems or what not, because you always have to be on your game. It is a standard sales job with great support systems in place and all the tools needed to do great, it is just a matter of you wanting to be the absolute best you can.