Toxic and Cold - Project Manager Athene Employee Review

1.0
Jan 9, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice physical location Average amenities (workout room, cafeteria, outdoor walking space) Variety of work Great direct supervisor

Cons

Culture is cold, toxic and very unhealthy. This job caused me to have health issues that I am still recovering from. Work/life balance is non-existent in some areas, and you are constantly having to chose between work and your family. Leadership is not on the same page strategically. Company is essentially run by largest investor, so culture is that of a private equity group or hedge fund. Some individuals are in leadership roles only because they've stuck it out long enough, but most are not willing to hear new ideas or ways of doing things. If you are interviewing for a job there, or are thinking about it, Google "Jim Belardi" first and read the Bloomberg article and decide if those are the kind of values you admire in a CEO (who is still there, and leadership never addressed the article with employees - who ARE talking about it).

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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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