I would not refer this company as a good place to work - Anonymous employee Athene Employee Review

2.0
Feb 23, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In the department I was in we were supposed to have "flex time" - up to 4 hours a week that we can use for doc appt and such - then make up that time later in the week. Good Location

Cons

Dept felt very micro managed, but had a very large lack of communication from the direct dept manager and team lead. No wiggle room on "tardies". So if you logged into your system 1 minute late, you received a Tardy even if you were to stay a minute late at the end of the shift Pay seemed to be tremendously less than other annuity companyies for this type of job. Like a couple thousand less. Manditory OT never ending. Started in dept in June 2014 and still on it thru March 2015 and there was no talk of it ending soon as the department was still extremely out of standard. Felt as if there really was no work life balance. No "fun" in department. Only time we had a food day or anything for birthdays was if it was planned by a member of the team. This idea of "birthday treats" or a "celebration committee" was discussed with mgmt and seemed to be unimportant. However, coming from other companies that did this sort of thing, it seemed to motivate the team a bit, and made people feel a bit more appreciated.

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2.0
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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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