Is Guardian Life a good company to work for?

Guardian Life has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 1,869 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 58% of employees would recommend working at Guardian Life to a friend and 60% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Guardian Life have been left by employees working as Intern , Team Leader and Financial Advisor .

Does Guardian Life pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Guardian Life employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Guardian Life. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Guardian Life?

58% of Guardian Life employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Guardian Life 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Guardian Life?

Customer Service Representative (39) , Lead Engineer (37) , Financial Representative (36) , Associate (34) , Software Engineer (34) , Manager (31) , Engineer (27) , Analyst (26) , Business Analyst (25) , Intern (23) , Senior Engineer (22) , Senior Software Engineer (18) , Financial Advisor (17) , Director (15) , Team Leader (14)

What are the pros of working at Guardian Life according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good...but expensive....retirement is good... most hired will never see any part of their hard work placed on their behalf towards their retirement." ((in 158 reviews)); "Good work life balance and focus on mental health" ((in 139 reviews)); "I worked for this company for 10 years and the people were great and always willing to help when needed." ((in 78 reviews)); "Great culture and values." ((in 77 reviews)); "Pay is good." ((in 66 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Guardian Life according to real employee reviews?

"Unfortunately 2 departments have now shut down in Tempe due to horrible retention because of poor management" ((in 77 reviews)); "this is followed by a meeting with your direct manager to voice any concerns you may have." ((in 32 reviews)); "Leadership has no vision for company" ((in 27 reviews)); "Senior management also relies heavily on consulting firms to provide guidance and direction; however, senior management is not consistent in or persistent withapplying recommendations to effect the cultural change, sales and financial results they are looking for." ((in 23 reviews)); "There is no training in this company." ((in 20 reviews))

What are employees saying about Guardian Life layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Guardian Life layoffs and their outlook for job security at Guardian Life in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Guardian Life locations?

New York , Bethlehem , Appleton , Pittsfield , Spokane , Tempe , Holmdel , Plano , Atlanta , Dallas , San Francisco , Boston , Chicago , Philadelphia , Phoenix , Los Angeles , Allentown , Charlotte , Houston , San Diego , Seattle , Fort Myers , Raleigh , Miami , Orlando , Edison , Jersey City , New Brunswick , Richmond , Kansas City

Guardian Life reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,692 total reviews)

Andrew McMahon

69% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Guardian Life has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,692 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Guardian Life employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews

1.0

Jan 16, 2018

Things changed quickly

Risk management

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you stay away from New York home office this can be a good place to work. Senior management is out of touch with the business and doesn’t care about the employees. People go to New York and are never seen again.

Cons

Benefits are good but keep getting cut. There is a really really big difference between the words used in town halls and speeches and in Fortune articles from reality. The best senior people got fired.

1.0

Jan 10, 2018

Was a solid old school American Insurance Company.. then they discovered CHEAP India talent

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

401K, Work From Home opportunities. Low pressure work environment for the most part.

Cons

They rarely if ever promote anyone up to management internally. They always complain about salaries, yet promptly bring in an AVP or VP from another big insurance company rather than promote someone up internally. Then senior management pats each other on the backs, gives each other the highest possible employee rankings and larger bonuses. They tout as their mantra that 'Our People Count'.. well that means that their 'people' are counting down until they are out of the door as ALL operational jobs are going to one of the five subsidiaries that Guardian Life now has in India. Yup.. they found a way around the whole H1 Visa issue.., with just buying crap tonne of tiny companies in India and then offshore all of the ops jobs over there. If you are a white American male.. you are screwed. Oh, and they had a pension plan.., but starting this year they sunset it for any new employees.., which means that over the next couple of years.. it will vanish completely. But do not worry Senior Managers.. they will keep it for you!!!

1.0

Jan 9, 2018

absence management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

2 lady DMs from absence management spoiled the whole environment of the company. Now we got to know that they don't have any provision to give acceptation when employee is resigning from the company and employee has to wait for 45 days to get any prove that he has resigned from the company. funny policy but expected out of these ladies.

Cons

whole process do night shift but DM's do the shift as per there convenience (morning) you will hardly find AMs on floor.

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