COUNTRY Financial reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(903 total reviews)
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Jim Jacobs

84% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

COUNTRY Financial has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 903 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The COUNTRY Financial employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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903 reviews
4.0
Aug 16, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great company to work for. Sense of family within the Agency. I have worked here for 10 years and earned my independent contract. The financial support to get started in business is tremendous and cant be beat. With out it I would not have even looked at the career.

Cons

As in any sales career, you have to put in a lot of time to grow your agency. If you don't plan on working hard don't apply.

5.0
Mar 8, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

COUNTRY is a great company for anyone new to the business or with years of experience. Their wide array of competitive products and goal of helping everyone achieve financial security sets them apart from the competition. Offering a base salary, plus first year commissions, plus office expenses and some marketing expense makes this an ideal place to get start in a career with unlimited control of your time and income. Their newly revamped training program has rocketed them to the top in delivering the training and support necessary to get started in this challenging field.

Cons

Name recognition-- although COUNTRY is a fortune 600 company they spend their marketing dollars on local events and in support of their reps. They're philosophy is not to out Geico, Geico. But to be on the ground delivering a tangible financial security plan for their clients and prospects

2.0
Oct 5, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good base pay, chance to study for and obtain your licenses. You need Property/Casualty, Life/Health, and Series 6 Licenses. Extreme flexibility with how you schedule your work days and weeks but it really depends on the branch location you are in and whether that branch manager is an extreme micro manager or not. You can work from home or while away. As long as you are setting appointments, meeting with clients, and closing sales every month where you meet the minimum expectations, management usually won't bother you at all.

Cons

Barely any oversight or management at all. Even if you are having a bad or slow month, you are literally on your own sometimes. It really depends on the office you are in and whether all the agents in the office are socially active or not. Some offices are very individualistic and some are very group and team oriented. For offices that are individualistic, it's easy to lose motivation and sight of your goals. Sometimes as a new agent in this type of industry, you need a helping hand for the first few months until you learn the ropes. In an office where it's more social and team oriented, you feel that you aren't alone and are constantly being competitive and always have help and advice. Once you start the job, you are just doing training modules for your first few months but are encouraged to start building your book from the very beginning although your first benchmark month isn't until you are 5 months on the job which is kind of cool. This company provides all services but for someone looking to be more involved in Financial Planning or Retirement Planning, Investments, and so on, this isn't really the place. Too much focus and emphasis is on Insurance Sales. Cars Contests, Life Insurance Contests, Home Insurance and so forth. Nothing about Financial products since benchmarks for those are the lowest. So it's easy to become viewed as an "Insurance Salesman" rather as a full Financial Rep. I don't call up my auto insurance guy and say hey I want to take all my money out of Fidelity, Schwabb, or Vanguard and invest it with you guys. No one does that. Also, the answer to all investment and financial solutions is always Life Insurance at this Company. Becomes kind of annoying and makes you lose faith in Financial Investments.

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