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Northwest Administrators

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Northwest Administrators reviews

2.4

28% would recommend to a friend

(264 total reviews)

Chris R. Hughes

18% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Northwest Administrators has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 264 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Northwest Administrators employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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264 reviews
1.0
Sep 2, 2014

Non Friendly Employer.

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Pros

There where no Pros to this job.

Cons

No one got treated as an employee, just another number.

1.0
May 29, 2014
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Pros

-Sometimes auditors can travel to cool cities -Opportunities for raises (but small) -They're understaffed and struggling to get new job applicants, so if you interview you'll probably get the job

Cons

-Very low morale. You can tell all the employees hate it here (including most of the supervisors) -Very high turnover rate, most people don't stay past a year or two -Northwest Administrators has been sued multiple times by employees in the past for harassment and discrimination, so they now view employees as a risk and liability and this shows in the way they communicate with you -Management seems to think that giving only negative feedback, yelling at employees (in front of everyone), threat of termination, and constant micromanaging and monitoring will speed up workflow. But it doesn't. Almost everyone is behind in their work. -Salaried positions are treated like hourly; must be in by 8AM and can't leave before 5PM, must not be late coming from lunch, supervisors might start timing and recording your attendance if they don't like you -Supervisors are immature and unprofessional, don't know how to separate work opinions from personal opinions, give easier projects and better trips to their friend employees, lack basic managerial communication skills (i.e. spending 30 min giving nothing but negative feedback without any suggestions on how to improve your work going forward), throw their employees under the bus to save their own image in front of upper management, can't take responsibility for their own mistakes and they encourage tattle-telling and gossip from staff. They use certain employees as "spies" to collect dirt, or sometimes even outright lie, about other employees so they can use it against that employee. Very tense work environment. -Managers & HR write phony positive reviews on sites like this as a desperate attempt to save their recruitment. Look at the 5-star review written on 5/12/14 and ask yourself if that sounds real. I don't think even a happy employee would write like that. Plus, I already know everyone in the Auditing, Pension Accounting, and Contract Review departments hates being here so none of them would write a positive review.

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Northwest Administrators Response
12y
We are happy to hear that you enjoy the business travel opportunities you are receiving, as well as the regular pay increase opportunities. With regards to senior management at NWA, during the last 5 years, NWA has been very successful and experienced significant growth. We are proud of the opportunities that success presents to employees in terms of their own career development. We have a larger number of new employees throughout the company, including at our Supervisor and Manager level. This year, NWA has dedicated resources to the training and development of Supervisors and Managers, hoping that as their experience and skills expand they will continue to make NWA their employer of choice and become the future leaders of the company.
5.0
May 12, 2014
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Pros

If you like to work hard, learn and grow in a professional environment, this is the place for you. What is work-life balance? For me, it means working hard and playing hard. NWA rewards for quality work. At the end of the day, I go home feeling rewarded and ready to have fun and relax.

Cons

I have no complaints. The benefits are fantastic and compensation is more than fair. There are fantastic training programs that have been implemented in the past year or two.

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