Guardian Life reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(1,687 total reviews)
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Andrew McMahon

71% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Guardian Life has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,687 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
3.0
Dec 30, 2015

Purgatory

Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance. No pressure working environment. Pension plan. Easy going culture. Colabrative work conditions. Customer centric

Cons

No bonus or incentive comp for non managerial employees. Extremely conservatively run business. Senior management does not take responsibility for failure of businesses and products and are to quick to lay off for their own failure. Archatic employee titles, terrible technology. Business people spend most of their in project management instead of generating revenue.

1.0
Nov 24, 2015

Outlook not so good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fairly relaxed environment, although a few of the managers are very difficult to deal with and operate in silos to protect their "turf".

Cons

Weak senior management teams in the business units without charisma or business school training. Just a buddy network for promotions and opportunities. Employees not one of the few in the buddy circle are treated like 2nd class citizens.

1.0
Jul 1, 2015

Company has changed

Recommend
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Pros

Used to be very employee friendly, great benefits

Cons

Changed all of the benefit plans - only allow high deductible plan now and are laying people off every day.

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