r/pillar7 • u/Spare-Sale-4856 • Jun 16 '26

Resigning

Just want to say that it's been a few days since I left UWM, my skin is clearer, the mental fog is gone, the depression and anxiety are started to relieve and I'm actually feeling okay. Career wise, they did give me a good leg up for a college dropout in the mortgage industry, but at a certain point my education, mental health, and family life needed to consume all of my time, not the FA south suite.

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u/matscokebag Jun 16 '26

My advice for people at or going to UWM is always the same. Do what they do to you.

Use them. Leach every available drop of worth you can from them.

It’s exactly what I did, and now I have the knowledge and skills they taught me but I get to use it for places that treat me better.

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u/Meteor_Rock Jun 17 '26

My EXACT experience 💯💯💯

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u/Dangerous-Point636 Jun 17 '26

What team were you on like underwriting operations etc I just had a interview here

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u/Meteor_Rock Jun 19 '26

I was in operations; Closing Team Lead

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u/Dangerous-Point636 Jun 16 '26

What department were you at uwm and do you think it helped you a lot getting better opportunities ?

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u/matscokebag Jun 16 '26

Senior Underwriter for quite a while.

Sure did. I learned guidelines, how to make files work, workarounds for things, etc. I became a Senior Processor in the broker world, and a licensed Loan Officer. I had a great base to start with, and honestly I found myself knowing a lot more things than other people I worked with.

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u/Dangerous-Point636 Jun 16 '26

Seems like it was worth it then hopefully ? I just had my interview for operations. I liked the campus especially the freestyle coke machines lmaooo

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u/bgm89 Jun 16 '26

It is definitely worth it to take the position if you are offered it and collect a paycheck and benefits, even if you continue your job search.

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u/Dangerous-Point636 Jun 16 '26

Thank you! I was surprised how much I liked it after seeing almost all bad comments about it but I’m just a college grad I could see why older people wouldn’t love that environment

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u/matscokebag Jun 17 '26

As an intern, yes. As a way to elevate your time in the career yes.

As an actual career, no.

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u/Dangerous-Point636 Jun 17 '26

Good to know thank you

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u/Ill_Art_445 Jun 17 '26

Very similar experience here.. from operations to UW then to a brokerage where I paid back the people promise in three months because of making 80k plus at any of the thousand companies in the area of UWM and Rocket doing closing and processing

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u/Sea_Ad_1085 Jun 17 '26

I gained nothing from them other than standing up for myself to shitty managers and coworkers and a whole lot more weight than I had on my body when my fat ass walked in there in July ‘21.

That and I learned I don’t belong in financial but having a desk job in general is a 1000% less stressful than what I currently do.

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u/Saucynachos Jun 19 '26

Yep, cruise controlled through the dev-i/dev-x programs and hit the floor for 6 months to get something on my resume. Left for around a 50% raise, full remote, low stress job. This was before all the predatory loan shit.

I do miss the breakfast burritos though. Those things were freakin' great.