Don't work for internal audit here. - Internal Auditor AIG Employee Review

1.0
Sep 28, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

None that I can think of.

Cons

Make no mistake about it: this is the WORST place to work in internal audit in New York City. If you don’t believe me, just ask around and you’ll confirm this. The pay is low, the hours are horrible and the work environment is not pleasant. One of their many tricks is to offer large bonuses- based on performance, of course. You won’t get your review/bonus until the very end of March the following year, so they can squeeze three more months out of you before giving your review. You will receive nothing in writing until your year-end, and any mid-year reviews will strangely just be you and your manager (no witnesses). When I requested to receive my mid-year in writing, my director lied right to my face and he would and never did, and never had any intention of doing so. Later he tried lying about the fact that a certain percentage of people had to get low reviews, but he didn’t realize I’d already seen the email from the CEO confirming this. Basically they’ll lie right to your face, over and over, and have no problem with it as long as it furthers their ends. The turnover in internal audit has to be over 40% per year. People get discouraged and quit all the time. I’d say the average person lasts about 12-18 months and they burn out. Cycle, rinse, repeat. Of course, they spend a lot of time at recruiting events, and this should tell you something. If they are so great to work for, why do they need recruiters? They should have let this company go under in 2008.

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

The 401(k) matching contribution is excellent.

Cons

Commuting to New York City four days per week. The schedule does not allow for remote work.

2.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

Salary and vacation days are good but be careful you are not taking on multiple roles for this position.

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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