FBL Financial reviews

3.7

58% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)
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Dan Pitcher

100% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

FBL Financial has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FBL Financial employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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38 reviews
1.0
Nov 18, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

none. There is no ba practice here.

Cons

I’ve been a BA for well over 15 years. I’m fairly new to the FBL company, less than 2 years but wow. Talk about not keeping up with the times. There really is no BA practice here. It’s a bunch of people that worked in the business (P&C) and understand the system but don’t know the first thing about requirements gathering or testing. In fact, one of the testers gloats about how are able to find defects in the code and that it’s a reflection on how bad the developers are. Really? I have never worked in a place that has had that attitude. We should be a team and figure out how we help each other to deliver a better product. I was hoping things would change here but they don’t. A lot of the people here seem to be waiting to retire. Terrible work environment. Do not work here!

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FBL Financial Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We take these concerns seriously, and we want to improve the situation. Glassdoor reviews are anonymous, but if you'd like to talk more about it, please email us at humanresources@fblfinancial.com. We are always striving to improve and be forward-thinking, so we genuinely appreciate your feedback!
1.0
Nov 18, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

very little. poor management. I don't think Jim Brannen knows how bad the culture is there....which is very sad

Cons

So I've been there for about 4 years now. I'm a developer. I've worked in a variety of places in my career and FBL really takes the cake. This is an organization that is so behind the times. A fairly simple ZOS mainframe upgrade took down our admin system. I work in the Life area and it took us well over a year to stand up a new life admin system with absolutely minimum functionality. There are so many manual processes that I’m not sure if it was even cost effective to do this. Someone is getting snowed. Managers and senior leadership have no real clue on how projects need to be put together. Decisions get made and then changed 3 months later. The CIO is a rotating door. My advice, if you’re a developer that really wants to work on exciting things and have your input really be heard, this is not the place to go. Find somewhere else!

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FBL Financial Response
9y
Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We take great pride in the work environment and internal talent development. We encourage employees to have open conversations with their leaders about internal mobility. We are always striving to improve and be forward-thinking, so we genuinely appreciate your feedback!
3.0
Oct 13, 2016

Actuarial Assistant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Smaller company so allowed me to take on more responsibility

Cons

- Not much room for advancement - Base salary good but no bonuses and retirement plan worse than some of their competitors

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