Horrible Corporate Culture - Anonymous employee AIG Employee Review

2.0
Aug 25, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good PTO. If your workload is too much, you may not be able to enjoy your time off. 401k is on par but benefits keep decreasing. Focus on flexibility. (Depends on Manager) Ability to work flexible hours and work remotely.

Cons

No stability. Senior Management talks about waves of cuts that will continue. Focus is on expenses and employees are the largest expense. As AIG continues to lose business they will need to continue to focus on expenses to keep the expense ratio in line. No focus on employees. All focus is on stock holders and activists. Opportunities for advancement is extremely limited as middle management continues to be removed. AIG says advancement is in the form of a lateral move which can be true but it will not increase your income. Good luck with getting support on career development. No meaningful talks about what you want to do in your career. No pay increases. Negotiate a high salary when coming in because opportunities for increases are limited. STI is easily manipulated. This goes back to company performance. Since payroll is a major expense, the STI (bonus) can be adjusted to support a certain profit level according to goals. You will not know until the end of the year on the performance. They will say this is part of your total income package so beware of salary compared to STI. STIs are not a guarantee. No loyalty. The longer you are with the company, the more nervous you should be. CEO has said they do not want/expect their employees to be there long term. There is not trust in Senior Management. Most are "yes men/women" and that is how they survive. High turnover. A lot of talent on all levels have left. Management avoids this topic with employees but it is noticeable.

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Pros

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Cons

If you’re considering applying, make sure to ask in the interview: Will there be someone else doing what I am doing? If not, the team is understaffed and all the responsibility will rest on your shoulders. Even with the vacation days, your days will be swamped and stressful. It is NOT worth it. Out of curiosity, I’ve been looking at their latest job postings for my department and there is so much packed into one role, it’s wild. You can tell the person they’re trying to replace clearly wore too many hats and it will be a long struggle to fill this position. Are my team members working in other time zones? You can face several early morning calls based on their hiring pattern. Some teams will require annual or quarterly traveling. Over the years, the company is hiring mainly white managers domestically in the USA, while lower roles are hired abroad or contractors. Meetings to accomodate offshore hours are brutal. What percentage of the day is in meetings? If you don’t have time to deliver on output because of meetings, you will likely have to stay late to complete the work. The company seems to hire very good talkers but not a lot of do-ers. Several meetings involved more people than needed. Managers seem to think “if I have to suffer through this meeting, everyone has to suffer”. If managers are fortunate enough to delegate the deliverables, they can handle some meetings by themselves. Who would be handling my onboarding and training when I start? If it is not your direct manager, your early success will be at the mercy of your peers who understandably are not responsible for onboarding you. Sadly, I have observed that the people-managers do not like to manage people. In fact, they value those that manage the manager and the team’s roadmap plan for them. The managers don’t seem to want to oversee the team or their deliverables. If there is a job change (salary, position, hours) how is that communicated? In my experience these things were not communicated or consented to. The change would apply in the system and you would have to conform accordingly.

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