From Dream Job to Nightmare - Senior Manager GEICO Employee Review

1.0
Mar 7, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

It was a good place to work. Good 401k match. They used to have good raises (they used to be 10% each year) but Todd needs his bonuses so now they’re 1%.

Cons

The CIO Hari Govind is a coward. He implemented a new “up or out” system where we have to PIP out the bottom 10% every quarter. Senior management has asked multiple times for town halls or large group meetings to explain this along with other bs “metrics” but he’s always out of office. Hey Hari, if these plans are so great why can’t you stand behind them? Todd’s a coward too. The only time I’ve heard anything from him is when he decided to lay off 6% of the workforce two months before Christmas in a form email. But hey he got a $4 million bonus. Everyone is jumping ship. I coached my developers to leave as well while the goings good.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

GEICO is one of the largest employers in my smaller town, so I've heard all the good, the bad, and the ugly. What a pleasant surprise it's been working here! There is so much intentional change to create a great employee experience and get the right team leaders in place. Highly recommend not putting too much weight into older negative comments if you're thinking about applying. I've been very happy with my salary, the benefits/time off, culture, and leadership (both locally and senior leaders). I feel like there's a lot of room to continue to grow my career here and I see the same opportunities for others.

Cons

Really nothing major that I can think of!

2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting problems to work on. Good benefits. Decent pay.

Cons

Managers will gaslight you and upper leadership is constantly changing, so expect projects you're working on to be thrown out every 6 months. Many people burn out and quit after some time and are never back filled, so you'll be expected to take on their workload. Some of my colleagues were working 80 hour work weeks to keep up with the work load and yet told they were not performing well enough. There also wasn't much diversity.

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