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Selective Insurance

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2.7

34% would recommend to a friend

(112 total reviews)
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John Marchioni

43% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

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1.0
Jul 28, 2020

Psychologically damaging environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

None. Seriously, there are no pros.

Cons

This was the most psychologically abusive environment I've ever worked in. Full of bullies, most of whom are management, zero emotional intelligence, no empathy, retaliatory behavior, work you to the bone for next to no respect or appreciation. Management will flat out target someone and lie about things, all the while hypocritically doing the very things they accuse people of. No one cares about you here. You're just a piece of meat. It was like being in the Twilight Zone and they management team is egotistical and oblivious, thinking they are the best people ever and that selective is the best place. Couldn't be farther from the truth. Toxic environment through and through.

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Selective Insurance Response
5y
It sounds like the short time you spent with us wasn't the experience we aim to create for our people. We will share your comments with management for review. Best of luck to you in your future endeavors.
4.0
Jul 4, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive pay and great people

Cons

Not as progressive in terms of dress attire and work from home culture.

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Selective Insurance Response
6y
We love your review title! Thanks for the suggestions about dress code and flexible working. We're learning more about those things right now with the remote working situation due to COVID-19.
2.0
Mar 31, 2020

Don't recommend

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Pros

the people are awesome to work with. Work\life balance was good. good company for entry level engineers

Cons

Basically everything. Management is an absolute nightmare. they hire employees and treat them like they do not trust them. they design and architecture entire solutions unbeknown to you then come up to you and ask you why it isnt done yet? they are trying to adopt a cloud solution with absolutely no knowledge or training, no real idea of what they are really even doing, constantly trying to hire 3rd party people to assist however, didnt they just hire sr. engineers for that reason? it's completely backwards. they are so adverse to change and modern workplace, it will take them years to go from any kind of on-prem solution to cloud solution yet they act like it can be done overnight. If you are an experienced engineer- do not waste your time here. You will learn almost nothing- you will lose your experience with deploying new technologies and capabilities because Selective is years behind. It is in the middle of no-where so the talent there either has to commute far or try to be remote but the micromanagement is so insane that it may not even work out for you with a remote flex. Everyone here is a 9-5 person, no real passion behind what they are doing. The security team is also a nightmare because they say no to everything, either lack of understanding or lack of trust- either way, why hire employees when you don't trust them? I would stay away from this company. You may grow in position because they need bodies, but you will not grow technically, mentally or any other way that really matters. It is not worth the stress that management will put on you because of their immensely negative management techniques.

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Selective Insurance Response
6y
We certainly appreciate your kind comments about the people who work at Selective and the ability to find some work/life balance. We've shared your feedback about engineering and management with the appropriate parties. Good luck to you as you move on to new endeavors.
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