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National Life Group

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National Life Group reviews

3.9

69% would recommend to a friend

(407 total reviews)
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Mehran Assadi

73% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

National Life Group has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 407 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The National Life Group 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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407 reviews
1.0
Nov 6, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Consistent Pay/Schedule -Weekends Off -Company Culture-halloween parade, company picnic, free catered lunch from time to time -great job to transition from college too; $20hr

Cons

-Management micromanages and is often passive aggressive when providing "constructive criticism" -No room for advancement. If you wish to move to another department that will be met with much adversity and nit picking performance evaluations. For example "you were 2 minutes late from lunch 2 times last month that's not someone we see moving on in the company" or "you lost your badge and we can't in good mind let you move to another department" -Unclear performance evaluation. There is never a rubric or formal document provided so that we know exactly what is expected of us on calls. Such as how long we are on "after wrap call" or when we are supposed to clock out when following up on a call escalation.

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National Life Group Response
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We are very sorry to hear this about your experience at National Life Group. We place a great deal of value on the feedback we receive from both current and former employees so we would welcome the opportunity to learn more from you about your experience here and how we can improve. We encourage you to discuss your concerns with your manager or contact a member of our People Center team so we can work together and find a solution.
5.0
Jul 12, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The culture here is something most other companies wish they had. The people are great, the mission and values are purposeful, and the goals are sustainable and collaborative. There is an immense amount of opportunity here to learn and try new things - time and time again I have seen my coworkers develop into new roles or take on promotions, while others are working on their masters or taking classes to develop new skills. The benefits are unreal, between a generous amount of vacation time, paid volunteer time, health and wellness seminars onsite, hiking trails, a gym, and plenty of training, classes, and events that keep rolling throughout the year. Our leadership team gets better every day - they are driven by our CEO to be true servant leaders and are consistently invited to challenge the status quo. I disagree strongly with one of the prior reviews stating that women don't have as many management or promotional opportunities internally. In fact, all around me I see women filling influential leadership and management roles, taking on new and challenging corporate initiatives, and have consistently reaped the benefit myself of opportunities presented to me over the last 2.5 years. If you want facts, we have one of the only female leaders IN THE INDUSTRY running Career Distribution. On a team of 7, we just had 4 female leaders plucked from their day jobs to participate in a highly intensive 'special project', with all 4 of these women receiving significant promotions after the fact. Several of our top field leaders are women running large, successful organizations and many of our Key Account Reps are women who started right here in the home office at our sales desk and had nowhere to go but up. On top of that, I have lost count of the number of women I've seen promoted from within because it really is that common. "As a woman" I feel valued here and have opportunities to grow/move up because here it happens more organically than in other companies; it's not something I have to think about every day because it's ingrained in our culture. I feel confident that my success here is based on my qualifications and ability, not on my gender.

Cons

You either love Vermont or you don't (but there's always Dallas!).

2.0
Jul 29, 2015

Financial Services Representative

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great products and great people! Really enjoyed who I worked with.

Cons

Company suffers from "Shiny Object Syndrome" pursues large case and large commission insurance plans, only to pull them when competitors offering the same plans occur legal action against them. Training is HORRIBLE. Inconsistent, no syllabus or increased skill or knowledge acquired. Very Old School - 1970's sales training. Ride with someone and listen and then hopefully learn. When you ride with someone or ask for help, you have to split your commission with that person. Home office has no idea how to market it's products - biggest complaint by reps in the office. ALSO push reps to buy $3000 presentation software that nobody knows how to use and nobody wants to pay for.

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