Progressive Insurance reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(9,003 total reviews)
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Tricia Griffith

88% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Progressive Insurance has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 9,003 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Progressive Insurance 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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9K reviews
3.0
Jan 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fairly loose attendance policy, casual dress code. End of year bonus is nice, but compatible to the competition. Vacation time is just one bucket of paid time off but roughly equal to everyone else. If you have paid time saved you can usually get the time off, if enough advanced notice is given, and if it is not a blackout day. Great place to get your insurance license for free. Has a childcare subsidy, of $30 per pay period, and limited tuition reimbursement.

Cons

Pay has not kept up with competition, you often too out at what other companies start at. New hires are often paid more than tenured employees, raises are not guaranteed to match increases in new hire wages. Career growth is limited unless you move to Cleveland where all the degree required jobs are. The only way off the phones would to advance to a training coach, and your schedule will dramatically change every 12 weeks or so. Your schedule will more than likely change every year, and it's a 24/7 call center so the change could be dramatic. The job is demanding with a steep learning curve. Constantly changing metrics that are impossible to grasp how they are calculated. Micromanaged. Culture is changing from providing excellent service to a sales culture which if commission was given could work, there is no incentive to sell, only performance management if you don't meet goal. It's just not the company that it was, it's becoming more like every other call center environment. Turnover has increased, many familiar faces are gone.

3.0
Dec 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salary. Above average benefits. Bonus pay was excellent until it was changed. Multiple locations makes it easier to commute to work.

Cons

Low diversity in management. In Georgia it is the Good Old Boy network. This is not a reflection of the company as a whole.

1.0
Nov 13, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ok pay, nice people, cafeteria, gym, and Doctor. You get (overpriced) benefits. There is not much to say other than that.

Cons

Depressing atmosphere. Low morale. Terrible schedules and no work/life balance. This company often boasts as being one of the top 10 companies to work for in Austin despite the fact that every employee is miserable there. Over half of the people who get hired quit within the first 6 months. The food is terrible, and the building itself is ghetto and falling apart and often smells like sewage.They have construction crews working around the clock. The building is sinking into an old landfill. The call volume is very high. You take nonstop calls from the time you get there until you leave. I averaged 100-120 calls a day. Customers are very rude and angry because of constant rate increases. The company is focused on nothing but numbers. Providing good customer service means nothing. It's all about selling even as a customer service role. The company is extremely unorganized and none of the supervisors seem to know what they are doing or what is going on. Everybody there complains constantly and hates their jobs. The on-site doctor prescribes anti depressants and anxiety medications to just about everyone for any issue. HR manager was HORRIBLE! He didn't do anything for the employees. Only for the company. Total lack of courage. Supervisors are very unprofessional and often act inappropriately with employees and rely on their employees to do all of their work. This job is great if you are starting out, but I would suggest using it as a stepping stone. There are far better jobs to choose from that treat you like an adult. Most people stick around afraid to loose out on OT or the money.

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