Sickening potential but the complacent tenured upper management perpetuates its mediocrity to the subordinate divisions. - Claims State Farm Employee Review

2.0
Mar 30, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Job stability. Great place to get experience to transfer to a more employee-friendly culture.

Cons

Less than competitive pay resulting in a lack of quality candidates throughout the employee pool. Embarrassingly archaic software platforms--particularly for claims. Lack of consistency for employee evaluations. Schizophrenic environment that's rationalized as adjusting for "business need" yet never quite gets to the core of the problem at hand. Extremely poor training specialists who proudly have no experience with or exposure to the subject they're teaching, combined with irrelevant training curricula that don't adequately address the actual job to be done. Basically, the out of touch State Farm leadership has allowed the company's success to become its Achilles heel by resting on its impressive laurels just long enough for the competition to move ahead in crucial areas. Now the company is playing a clumsy game of "catch-up" by throwing it's considerable wealth at issues that require a more nuanced approach, leaving its policyholders and employees feeling the repercussions--case in point: the latest JD Power results. Would have been a great company from which to retire...

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Mar 8, 2018
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Pros

(At the time) Fair pay and predictable bonus structure They were pretty good at covering travel expenses and paying them back quickly Diverse workforce & diversity initiatives Fun and funny coworkers Opportunities for growth Again, this was all four years ago and has likely changed

Cons

(At the time and now, according to other comments) Arrogant to a fault Total lack of innovation & willingness to innovate Odd attachment to the company's past (which prevents progress) High number of veterans (20+ years) who are determined to get that retirement money, and therefore, are resistant to change and technology Heavy reliance on command and control management style Poor decision-making that leads to losses of all kinds

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