U.S. Small Business Administration Employer Reviews

Great job, you don't take the stress of work home with you. Benefits fantastic as well as pay. Only downside is the budget gets cut often so many months in non pay status

A typical day at work would include, a lot of admin, analysis, and communication. Several times a day i communicate with lender's and do initial analysis of all lender's applying for the 7a guaranty loan programs.

I've learned several new things when it comes to the financial lending field, including Capital Adiquacy, Proper Loan Reporting, necessary – more... and required loan experience, and Risk based assements.

Although, we have multiple tiers of management, i work very often with my direct superviosr to provide support to the entire team of Financial Technicians and Financial Anylysts. I communicate everyday and ver well with my direct supervisor on a daily basis.

Co-workers range from support staff to team leaders/supervisors. I generally work more with the support staff and my direct team lead/supervisor.

The Hardest part of the job is the attention to detail you must have to determine initial requirements at SBA. Lender's must meet the minimum requirements in several areas to be considered for review and approval to gain a guaranteed loan authority.

The most enjoyable part of my job would be how well my direct team lead/supervisor treats us and supports us as a staff. She makes it easy to do the job and gives us everything we need and fights for us to make sure we can do our jobs properly. – less

Performed on-site inspections of rental, residential and commercial properties to determine the extent of damage and costs to repair and/or replace property.

Scheduled appointments with potential loan applicants seeking assistance; answered questions at the inspection site; and prepared worksheets using automated software to transmit data electronically.

Maintained – more... a professional and productive work environment while conducting business in nationally condemned disaster effected areas. – less

It was very good experience, speed and accuracy were extremely important. Long hours and a lot of overtime. Processed loans for Federal disaster victims and proof reading documents for accuracy.

Provides many shifts in order to help employees with work/life balance. Learned to speak in front of groups, teach, work with communities, chambers of commerce, local, county, state and federal governments.

Learned to work with many software applications because they gave training constantly. Also traveled to different communities within State to work – more... with diverse groups. – less

This is the most horrific place anyone can work for. Management is corrupt to the core. Abusers abound and their top managers support the corrupt environment. Old concepts in a modern world dont mix. Still in the 1950s.
If it werent for the fact they are bailing the banks out by guaranteeing repayment of their bad loans. This agency would not be alive. – more... If your a non professional without a degree youll fit right in. A bunch of incompetents sucking up our tax dollars at work. Literally. – less

I started with this agency as a receptionist, then control clerk in the finance department, to word processor and finally Executive Secretary and Administrative Assistant. This is where it all began for me. I was acknowledge in every position I was in. I enjoyed working in all departments. I have nothing but good to say about this agency. I only left – more... to raise my children. It was a big sacrifice due to the fact that I was doing so well with the agency. This agency allow me to develop in the workforce at a young age. – less

This place is a sweat shop, and most people there are temporary contract employees. They run shifts around the clock, and they often require 10-12 hour shifts.

The people that you work with on the floor are, for the most part, nice people that are well educated and concerned about doing good work, but that sentiment does not extend beyond the small – more... individual teams on which you may find yourself. – less

I worked here when I was in the summer youth program.. As a teenager I wanted to work in a cool and structured environment.Here is were I learned the fundamentals of general office work. Believe it or not it really helped me once summer was over and I had to go back to school. It taught me how to be organized and to be very articulate. It taught me – more... how to answer phones the proper way and how to file customers information. I enjoyed EVERYTHING about this job, because it was a great stepping stone for me. – less

Interviewed disaster victims seeking low interest rate SBA loan for purpose of recovery from hurricane Ivan/Dennis (10/04-2/05) and Katrina/Rita (9/02/05 to 3/06 OIC)
Assembled and analyzed applications to determine eligibility for SBA loan.
Met with individuals and completed loan application for low interest rate assistance due to damages from hurricanes. – more... As Officer In Charge I was responsible for managing and organizing all information collected by loan officers and at end of day verifying all information on credit application was completed. This required reviewing of government documents supplied to applicant in addition to information requested by SBA, ex: tax returns, business license, etc. At the end of each day I had to log each application into system and reported results to area management. Sent out loan packages to individuals and business that were requesting assistance for low interest rate loans but could not appear in pers – less

Dedicated staff, considerate and knowledgeable management. Supportive of work life balance. The agency has a true mission to support small businesses.

I have learned a lot about contracts and CFAR. Learning about the 8A program with I work under. I enjoying learning everything from my job and teaching people from other agencies and the public about the program.

Providing assistance to disaster victims

How critical SBA is to the community

Very driven to assist homeowners and business

Very compassionate and knowledgable

Seeing victimes who has lost everything

The rebuilding process being completed

A typical day at work is to review as many assigned files in pipeline to determine if applicants qualify for disaster assistance program. Review of applications, credit bureau reports, IRS transcripts and any insurance recovery information must be accurately reviewed in order to complete this process. The hardest part of the job is to deny assistance – more... and the most enjoyable part of this position was to approve assistance to disaster survivors. Managers & co-workers were available in the event difficult situations occurred; I learned this program based on my desire to assist as many people as possible and had management staff and Standard Operating Procedures Manual as my resources. – less