Pros
Gym in building Easy commute to work
Cons
Athene’s culture can be best described as that of Athens, Greece. Not only is getting IT services from the helpdesk a total nightmare, the whole company is a seemingly well built organization that is bound to crumble any second. Bureaucracy is rampant. If you are not a boot licker, be prepared to be skipped out on promotions and rather, be swamped with more work. Upper management could care less about your goals; they only care about filling their own pockets just like the man at the top. This creates a culture where gossiping and backstabbing becomes the norm. The turnover rate for the actuarial department is at a whopping 20%. Also, Athene only recruits locally so you are surrounded by Iowa/Drake/UNI/etc grads who I wouldn’t exactly say are the brightest of the bunch. Finally, there is no diversity whatsoever in this company and exempt/salaried workers are used to the company’s full advantage. Do yourselves a favor and google AtheneUSA. To me, it seems like this company has fun screwing over their policyholders and scamming them out of their hard earned money. Do you really expect a company that can’t even serve their most important assets (the policyholders) properly serve their own employees?