FM reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(843 total reviews)
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Malcolm C. Roberts

57% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

FM has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 843 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FM 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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843 reviews
2.0
Feb 1, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Good basic benefits package (health, 401k) etc. Company is extremely stable and continues to grow steadily even in a slow economy, mostly due to the insurance side of the business.

Cons

- Management doesn't care about work-life balance, only about billable time. - Extremely high stress level, many people in the group (myself included) have developed health related issues because of it. - When you start the job you're told you will be required to have about 12-18 months of training before you are on your own; you are on your own from day 1 to deal with clients who are expecting you to be an expert on the subject matter, I have been here over 5 years and have yet to receive any of the promised training. - While tuition reimbursement is technically a benefit the couple members of my group looking to go for advanced degrees were either given a hard time about it or denied altogether even though their desired degrees and current job titles met all requirements for reimbursement. - Mid level managers will throw engineers "under the bus" in front of a client first and ask questions later

5.0
Jan 19, 2010

FM Global

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great stable company to work for. Training is second to none. Competitive overall compensation package. Great location if you live north of the city. Lots of opportunity to move within the organization.

Cons

Not downtown where most of our clients and competition are located. Base salary is less than competition.

4.0
Dec 21, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The ability to do work on ones own pace at a home office and a superior level of independence offered to field engineers is very unique. The pay and benefits provided is decent, but not comparable for similar roles in other insurance companies. The training provided is superior and will be greatly beneficial to anyone who goes through it.

Cons

The expectations from a field engineer are different depending on the manager you were assigned when you were hired, luck of the draw essentially. There is sometimes a huge focus on menial semantics and a lot of hidden information, or information not readily available to the field engineer, that comes back a few months down the road to affect your report qualities. These are invariably CC'd via email to half the senior managers explaining your error.

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