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3.9

78% would recommend to a friend

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Greg Case

88% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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1.0
Mar 26, 2015

Good benefits

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Pros

To get your foot in the door in the hope of being able to move to another position within the company for growth

Cons

Micro-management of everything that you do from lunch hour to customer calls to asking questions. Team Leaders are only protective of their "favorites". Treat employees like cattle. Mandatory overtime during peak season & expected to work from 52 to 70 hours per week,Minimal investment in people or systems. Off-shoring has ruined internal support. Make sure you are happy with your starting salary, because raises will be underwhelming,There is no "Work- Life Balance". Lunch is only 30 minutes and the the break room microwaves are usually dirty and/or they do not work. Management wants a 2 week notice before allowing paid time off, otherwise you are penalized. do not want to pay you the bonus for making salesagent kept pushing back pay out dates on top of them not fixing glitches with agents getting credit for their sales.they do not keep honor original payment incentive they change after you have made sells .

4.0
Mar 6, 2015
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Pros

Manager is great. HUGE company so it seems you are working on an island at times. I was able to keep my job and work from another office when my family moved... that flexibility is priceless

Cons

You have to be your own advocate. Easy to get lost in the gears. Reach out to contacts to network. Raises are minimal so you need to sell yourself and prove value. Normal major corporate complaints abound.

3.0
Feb 16, 2015

Decent place to work; needs improvement.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Working with some really great people and really great clients. I derive a lot of job satisfaction doing everything I can for our best clients, some of whom are just a pleasure to work with. Aon has some seriously talented insurance specialists in their respective fields (environmental, management liabilities, claims, etc.) My work is also mostly challenging, varied, and interesting. Decent work life balance, too. Compensation is also decent and not terribly out of line with the other big brokers. My immediate boss is also outstanding and I've learned much from him over the years. I'm lucky in that I have a very short commute.

Cons

As one client said, "Aon can put together a $1 billion plus insurance program, but can't get an invoice out." Offshoring and outsourcing back office functions hurts the company in the long run. Absolutely horrible bureaucracy, especially with respect to IT. For example, I needed to update Java to access a prospects data room. At home, the process took less than 2 minutes. At work, after six weeks of trying, multiple layers of approvals and calls to India, I gave up. Contrary to "Client Promise", Aon will also sometimes put its internal bureaucracy ahead of a client's reasonable wishes. Too much "rah rah" buzzwords and silliness. No, your web survey isn't going to "revolutionize the insurance industry" no matter how many buzzwords you use to sugar coat things.

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