Progressive Insurance reviews

Overkill by management and bureaucracy. Some good and a few excellent managers exist, but they are heavily outnumbered by people of dubious experience and extreme lack of understanding of the application of technology. A person who has not been good at any aspect of IT is eventually made an IT manager, because somehow a philosophy has been established that this lack of core IT skills or background actaully makes a better IT manager!

Progressive frequently suffers from a lack of visionary or strategic leadership. Most decisions are made very tactically which can lead to suboptimal results. Because the culture is so focused on analysis and quanititative skills, it can be hard for someone without those skills to be taken seriously or given opportunity. There is also a tendency to make quick judgements of data that, while statistically significant, does not feel right. This leads us to always stay down a consistent path, but not reward or recognize people who are willing to try something new and learn by failing. Additionally, the compensation for the amount of work that is required of you is severly lacking. Salaried employees frequently spend 7 days a week working and are paid rather low for what they contribute.