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Sammons Financial Group Companies

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Sammons Financial Group Companies reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(770 total reviews)
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Esfand Dinshaw

78% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Sammons Financial Group Companies has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 770 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sammons Financial Group Companies 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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770 reviews
1.0
Nov 21, 2018

All Promises - No Substance

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Reasonable benefit packages. Good sales pitch, and their initial on-boarding is all about getting you into the company culture thought process. Openness, Accountability, Integrity, and Respect.

Cons

Company wants you to act and operate like you are an owner of the company - however they do not value or treat you like one unless you are in management. Company touts "off at 12:30pm on Fridays" but this translates to longer work days every other day of the week and a very strict PTO and Flex Time system that does not provide a good environment for those who need it and it is not evenly enforced either. Company has a program to get a majority of their front-line workers to Work From Home - however the caveat is that if you do Work From Home you have fewer advancement opportunities. Management does not actually want people to question the reasons "why" policies or procedures are being done the way they are. They want to be able to give a half-answer or obtuse bland rationale that does not directly answer the question. When presented with concerns about potential risks associated with the way the work is being done - it is waived off because the company hasn't experienced any complaints related to it. Projects between departments appear haphazard and do not adequately reflect the way projects should be handled in any company. Procedures are not well documented and there is not one single resource for all departments that complete any processing work and there is poor documentation in company systems due to technological limitations and poor leverage of existing systems. Work methodology to encourage responsibility of leaders for their decisions creates an atmosphere that ends up being silo'd and not cross-functional, which is opposite of the company goals. "Ease of doing business" to improve customer service should be equally met with new ways to continue to document activity without compromising the integrity of the company in the process - which is not done. Company has processes and procedures for peer-reviewed quality auditing, however Management does not have a high opinion or utilization of this process, does not directly discuss performance with employees unless asked directly for it - and there is a lack of accountability for the actions of the manager or director that is visible to employees. And finally - when management made a misstep and it was brought to HR - Neither the Management nor the HR individuals actually adhered to the Culture. Management denied it happened or tried to re-characterize it, and HR sided with Management over Employee. Any attempts at finding an alternative to stay with the company were met with little actual attempt on their part. Which means the culture is a sham and this company isn't worth your time if you want a place that will actually value you as an individual and they are willing to throw away their own values in a heartbeat.

1.0
Mar 24, 2026

Keep Looking Don’t Stop Here

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It begins and ends with ESOP

Cons

Don’t waste your time this place is an absolute mess. You can only get ahead if you are void of thought, expertise, and a moral compass. This company is held together by a network of foot soldiers and a succession plan of minions. If you can get a promotion here, don’t take it as a compliment, it’s merely a nod you sold your soul and don’t rock the boat.

2.0
Jun 18, 2025

Used to be better

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Pros

Friday afternoons. ESOP. WFH flexibility.

Cons

Culture changed. Managers allowed to ruin departments and have tenured employees leave.

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