Horrible company- They treat you like slaves - Analyst Athene Employee Review

1.0
Apr 5, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

N/A . You get a paycheck.

Cons

They have a gym , but it's only for full time employees. Contractors are excluded. So much for "inclusion"- They have a cafeteria, but just in case someone decides to order coffee at the checkout, you are left waiting for 10 minutes straight . Dumbness maximized. Now they have a digital order taking process. Some of the ladies at the café are truly discriminatory and act in ways you definitely know are filled with prejudice. For ex:- They'll address a white person with "Hi , Hello", but if you are "black or brown", they let you know with their actions you are not welcome here even though you could actually be a project manager or a developer lead for the company. smh. Company recently merged with Apollo which is public news , but turns out their stock shares just plummeted few months ago. Will see how that plays out, but at the moment it's quite sad. All these companies say they are for equality and anti-hatred, but it's just in name. There is clear class system within various departments and they talk to you as such if you are not of a "certain class" . Then again it's just psychopath behavior. All the niceness is just on the outside. Inside, these people are to be stayed away from.

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Athene Response
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We appreciate and consider all feedback as we continuously look for ways to improve our organization. We’re pleased to have a beautiful headquarters building with a number of on-site amenities available to our employees like the cafeteria, Starbucks, gym and walking trails. As an inclusive organization, we celebrate our differences and confront intolerance. You’re encouraged to share your experience with Human Resources. Employee questions or concerns, and feedback is always welcome and taken seriously at Athene.

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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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