affiliate agent - Affiliate Agent Shelter Insurance Employee Review

3.0
Oct 10, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I am fortunate that the "Agent" I work for takes good care of me and values me. I enjoy taking care of my customers.

Cons

Required to sign documents for Corporate home office for a company I'm not legally employed by. ( I question the legality of this) The Agent I work for is a 1099 Employee of Shelter, and I am his employee. There is ZERO benefit to becoming and affiliate with this company. Unless you consider them trying to lock you into compete clauses a benefit. Don't do it. Do not take the affiliate classes. It does not benefit you and you will most assuredly not take over an existing office.

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Shelter Insurance Response
1y
Affiliate Agents with are not employees of Shelter Insurance but rather employed by the principal Shelter Agent who is an independent contractor. The Affiliate Agent program and status are not required by the Company in any way and are only offered when requested by the principal Shelter Agent. After completing the same training as a principal Agent, the program does recognize the status of the employee as an Affiliate Agent. In addition, Affiliate Agent status affords the opportunity for them to qualify for incentive travel with the Agent’s approval. Shelter is proud of the large percentage of Affiliate Agents who go on to be principal Shelter Agents, but for a number of reasons this may not be the direction in every situation. The Affiliate Agent program has been in existence for almost 20 years and has been a wonderful resource for helping Shelter grow it’s Agency force.

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5.0
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Pros

Very easy internship at a good company

Cons

Low pay, not very structured

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Shelter Insurance Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We’re glad to hear you enjoyed your time at Shelter and found the internship to be a positive introduction to the company. We also appreciate your candid feedback regarding pay and structure—this insight is valuable as we continue to evaluate and enhance our internship program to better support and develop our interns.
2.0
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Amazing team members, some of the kindest, smartest and most resourceful people I've ever met. There are people at this company that have worked here for decades, the amount of company/business knowledge you can pull from this is absolutely beautiful/inspiring.

Cons

I’ve always disliked when companies describe themselves as “like a family,” but for a long time that actually felt accurate here until about a year ago. Since then, the culture has noticeably deteriorated. The environment has become increasingly corporate, cold, and transactional. Employees, including long-tenured staff, are treated as interchangeable resources rather than experienced contributors. There is an unspoken expectation of consistently working beyond 40 hours, with weekend availability treated as normal rather than exceptional. The return-to-office mandate was handled in a rigid and dismissive way. Employees who were barely outside commuting thresholds were given no flexibility or meaningful consideration. At the same time, there appeared to be a growing cultural preference against remote workers, despite clear evidence that remote employees were still delivering strong results. In contrast, relocating to the office was quietly rewarded with promotions, raising legitimate concerns about fairness and consistency in advancement. Work is frequently assigned without regard for existing workload or operational reality. Teams are overloaded with competing priorities, leading to confusion, duplicated effort, and avoidable system instability. New tools and processes are often introduced before older ones are fully stabilized, resulting in constant disruption rather than improvement. Overall, the company has shifted from a collaborative and people-focused culture to one that feels reactive, poorly coordinated, and increasingly indifferent to employee experience.

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Shelter Insurance Response
2mo
Thank you for sharing such a thoughtful and candid reflection on your five years with us. We’re glad you found a strong community here, but it’s disheartening to hear that our culture has recently felt cold and transactional. Your feedback on workload, the return-to-office transition, and the need for better work-life balance is invaluable. We are committed to ensuring our long-tenured experts feel valued as people, not just resources. If you have any concerns, or would like to discuss further, please don't hesitate to contact our People Resources Team.
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