Been a good first job but would not recommend - Claims Specialist State Farm Employee Review

2.0
Feb 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Coworkers are great, front line leadership generally trustworthy, lots of different areas of opportunities. If you want a degree or designation you get assistance paying for it.

Cons

If you have any career in claims you won’t be able to get out of it. You can move to another department and get reassigned back to claims at any time, and then they might post a job for the very career you were taken from. Upper management trust level is very low right now. Raises are just enough to adjust for inflation so it’s not like you’re getting a raise at all. If you have low morale it’s perceived as resistant to change. If you want to develop the general response is to get insurance ed but in the end those designations don’t get you better pay, better shifts, promotions, nothing but a very tiny bonus and a plaque/frame on your walk. Other companies offer bigger rewards for cpcu and other designations. Pay is below market value. Even if you make a career change in the company if they don’t have a law in that state to give you anything, they don’t.

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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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