Poor Corporate Leadership - Anonymous employee Nationwide Employee Review

2.0
Nov 24, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you are relocatable or located in Columbus/Des Moines, there is a lot of opportunity for advancement and lateral movement to a new department.

Cons

This is a company with strong associates/direct managers, but is an unfortunate example of how poor corporate leadership leads to constant strategy changes. It’s an insurance heavyweight that has been far too slow to adapt to a changing market and truly lacks the vision to correct its trajectory. Financial plans are set based on what leadership and “the board” WANTS to happen as opposed to what WILL happen. Expenses are so far out of whack with the market, and their solution is to create a bunch of new departments with catchy names that make it seem like NW is far more relevant than it truly is. They can’t go 2 years without a complete shift in long term strategy. They are flailing.

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5.0
Sep 30, 2025
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Pros

Room for advancement outside CRE, great culture overall the work life balance is great. Pay and benefits are competitive. Nationwide as a whole has a fantastic Culture, however not all departments are equal.

Cons

its hard to write out cons, overall I really enjoyed my time at nationwide. However the department I was in was ran was ran by a clique IE high school drama and gags. if your in, your in.

4.0
May 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-For the most part, the people you work with are good people. Made real lifelong friends and mentors. -As with all large companies, there are plenty of opportunities to advance and/or move around if something isn't a good fit. -One of the rare places still offering a pention

Cons

-Office politics promote plenty of people who don't deserve it and the teams happiness is highly dependent upon who you end up reporting to -WAY too much false urgency created by bad leaders -Big company means slow moving in all the stuff you want to go fast. Often times too many cooks in the kitchen

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