Nationwide reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(5,422 total reviews)

Kirt Walker

77% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Nationwide has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,422 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nationwide 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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5K reviews
1.0
Mar 31, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Unfortunately, none. There are a lot of "Fake" pros: a free parking garage (that is located almost three blocks away) a cafeteria (that serves $5 sandwiches) a gym (that is hidden away in a completely different building)

Cons

There is zero opportunity for personal or professional growth. The attendance standard is very difficult to adhere to, to the point where employees show up to work incredibly sick in order to avoid getting an occurrence. The pay is not competitive with the industry standard, or even similar jobs in the Des Moines area. Work/life balance is almost non-existent as it is close to impossible to get two days off in a row, and your days off are most likely going to be during the week when the rest of your family/friends are at work. They try to force company cultures and values, without realizing that if you are trying to create a diverse company culture, just hire diversity, don't try to force it. The supporting departments rarely do their jobs, so you frequently deal with irate customers.

1.0
Jul 16, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

When I started they actually trained you to get your Insurance license. I hear that they no longer do that.

Cons

It's a revolving door of employees. I was there for 2 years and even helped to train new employees - they had one sit with me the day that they fired me. They tried to fight unemployment, but the unemployment judge wrote a page long judgement against them "ripping" them for how they treated me.

1.0
May 25, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits and rates charged to employees are the only pro of working at Nationwide. While these are far from outstanding and need a lot of work they are still a pro. I really wish Nationwide was "on the side" of their employees.

Cons

Biggest opportunity is in leadership - promotions are based on who you know, who gives out gifts to others - favoritism all over the place. People are not promoted for what they know or have done in their careers. Just take a look of those leaders on LinkedIn who are former nationwide leaders - they left for a reason versus being asked to leave....many great leaders left because they saw the writing on the wall. Politics and favoritism run throughout the organization even within HR, very disappointing to someone who is leading and truly cares about people. If you care about people and trying to make a difference this is not the place for you. Comp is not good compared to other companies just look around. If you want to work on cool, innovative work they you should skip Nationwide - very, very corporate and old school - not in a cool, hip way either. And really NW - get into the 90's at least - the same employee dress code has been in place in from the 1980's. People want to come as they are - they are adults, treat them this way and catch up with the "good" and "great" cultures of other companies.

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