Vantaggi
Corporate HQ offered a very nice 'Thrift Savings Plan' that provided a higher rate of return interest than most bank institutions. Also, SFC offered premium new hire packages to employees filling specific positions with generous benefits (e.g., 3-6 week vacation to start without a probationary time-frame plus inclusion in lump sum bonus programs). Very flexible schedule and great gym.
Svantaggi
Very political environment. SFC is known to aggressively recruit from their competitors, such as Advanced America. The level of professionalism among several (not all) high-level leaders was questionable, particularly the HR division of Corporate HQ. SFC has an extremely high turnover rate at the branch level as well as at the corporate level. While working in SFC Management, I observed numerous terminations based on here-say and less on known facts. Unfortunately, many of these terminations were the very employees that were diligently recruited from a competing firm. Understand the business of pay day loans when considering a position with SFC. The extremely high return and distributed bonuses can be hard to swallow when you consider the low income communities that the money is coming from.