Beware the sleeping dog - Anonymous employee FM Employee Review

3.0
Apr 25, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Best reasons to work at FM Global include adequate compensation and benefits and a company product that is easy to get behind.

Cons

There are some sneaky reasons to be wary about FM Global, despite its good reputation. It is a very passive aggressive organization. A wolf disguised as a sheep, there is a good degree of backroom whispering and backbiting. Folks who come across as benign and well-meaning could be criticizing your work in the lunch room or, worse, to management. A job at FM Global can be both a blessing and a curse. You stay because you're paid OK and they give you a pension. Many people I worked with would rather leave, but don't feel they can walk away from the benefits. I guess it depends on why you hold a job: for the type of work you do, or the amount of money you make.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

* Great business model at the foundation * Solid compensation program: Base salary + bonus * Sustained high profitability over the long term * Stable employement * Pension Plan

Cons

* Extremely hierarchical and regimented * Promotions based on favortism rather than true merit. Employees are precategorized and stigmatized on their ability for future career progression. * Extremely focused on metrics and internal objectives. This leads to box checking, cutting corners and bending rules to meet the numbers. * Extremely heavy workload. No work-life balance. * Management doesn't really incorporate employee feedback; they pretend to to check a box. * Quality of job suffers to keep up with quantity. Everything is becoming data driven and the data is often wrong. Enormous pressure to hit a button and accept at face value whatever the system spews out. * Our CEO builds fancy gold plated office buildings that aren't needed and pulled the plug on hybrid work to justify the investment in the real estate.

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