Not perfect, but pretty good - Anonymous employee Athene Employee Review

3.0
Oct 4, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I work in the marketing department, so my experience may not be reflective of the firm as a whole. That said here are some of my takeaways: Supportive management: If you show up, complete your work and have a positive attitude, you're golden. Management is pretty supportive and friendly. Flexibility: There has been a lot of flexibility in my role, both in terms of job structure and working hours, which I've certainly appreciated. Nobody really cares if you're late or need to leave early, so long as you get your work done. That's how it should be,

Cons

Sometimes monotonous: My work isn't always the most exciting. I like what I do, but I could see it getting old after a few years. That may also be the nature of the industry as a whole. Slow moving: There have been projects I've been a part of that have lots of bureaucratic red tape. Things can really get gunked up there sometimes, and it's frustrating, especially for someone like me, who wants to always be moving things forward at a healthy pace.

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2.0
May 5, 2026
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Pros

Flex Time. Earliest your schedule can start is 630am.

Cons

The micromanaging in this department is insane no matter whose team you wind up on. There is no accountability. Quantity over Quality. The procedures for work lists are a mess and are constantly changing with no explanation. You aren’t allowed to come to conclusions on your own. You MUST ask POD. Management will ask for overtime every single week (max 10 hours) and look down on you if you don’t do any. QA is very toxic. WFM is even worse. Year end reviews are a joke. Your salary increase will not even make a dent in the rising cost of your insurance nor the cost of inflation. Work from home is allowed (barely). 4 days a month. If you’re out of WFH you either beg to use next months or forced to use No fault. If you want to advance your career choose any other company. There are minimal opportunities (with good pay) in PIP. They will auto decline almost every job you try to apply for internally. It’s difficult to be apart of any ERG as you are only allowed 1 hour a month to participate in activities or meetings. Being at the second WDM location means you miss out on a lot of things Athene (main building) has to offer. The CEO stated you are not chained to your desk when an employee asked why we don’t have Veterans Day off. The CEO also stated to not pay attention to the media when talking about our POOR stock prices. An Apollo board member is mentioned in the Epstein files.

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