Farmers Insurance Group reviews

Management is very disconnected from what the job actually entails and does not respect the time or effort put in by employees, many of whom are left no other option but to work after hours and/or weekends just to keep up, without overtime pay. There is little to no transparency between management and employees as to why decisions are made, and although this is slightly improving, management is generally not receptive to feedback. Unless you are one of the chosen few who are held in high regard by your management team, expect constant criticism and little positive feedback. Management holds grudges and will make your life miserable ad infinitum if you ever get on their radar for any reason. You can make all your goals- and yet still be written up, denied bonuses and have your life made so miserable that the ever-present threat of termination doesn't seem so bad after all. Farmers philosophy is that employees are not allowed to make errors, yet they fail to realize that the generally overwhelming caseload makes this impossible. Furthermore, the constant steam of pointless meetings for the sake of having meetings (1 to 2 a week) take chunks out of your day that could be much better spent, you know, actually getting work done.

There are so many cons to this job it would be hard to list them all. You never have a sense of achievement, if you get sick you get ‘points’ for not planning your absence ahead of time and if someone has planned time already then nobody works on your claims while you are gone and you get behind and then you get written up for getting behind because you got sick. You have to sit all day long, If you get up from your desk you get behind because they hire you and tell you that you will only get so many claims a week and then you actually get twice that many sometimes and no overtime to work them, so you get behind and written up some more. RUN.