TIAA reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(4,022 total reviews)

Thasunda Brown Duckett

54% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

TIAA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,022 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TIAA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jan 23, 2014

STAY AWAY!!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Not many so if I had to choose it would be compensation.

Cons

Wealth Management Directors who manage with abusive tactics such as constantly threatening advisors with the loss of their jobs. Severe lack of focus on talent development and rampant finger pointing. Personal performance and achievement of goals does not matter as directors will find a reason to write you up if you are not part of their "inner group". Very convoluted and vague assessment criteria for Advisor performance and bonus calculations. Massive defection of advisors due to a very abusive culture within IAS. Many who have been with the firm for more than a year have learned to keep opinions and ideas to themselves for fear of negative backlash or retaliation. Work/ Life balance is discouraged. Unless your are with the "in crowd", forget about any opportunity for advancement and count yourself lucky if your not being managed out.

5.0
Jan 22, 2014
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Pros

Benefits, salary, opportunities. Best job of my career thus far. Looking forward with great anticipation. It appears that there is a lot of opportunity for growth, both professionally and personally, They really seem to value a work / life balance more than anywhere else I have been.

Cons

Sometimes difficult to navigate. Many processes and procedures that could use some tweaking. Can often take a long time to make progress it seems. Too much organizational change at times. A somewhat complex hierarchy of management.

1.0
Jan 18, 2014
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Pros

Not much to say here other than, yes it is in New York and my manager lives on the opposite coast. So I'm to a large extent shielded from bullying tactics and childish behavior.

Cons

Like most of the reviewers have mentioned. 1. Totally bad management and leadership that is only getting worse. 2. Passive aggressive, abusive leaders. 3. People who are ethical, honest, meritorious, hard working, humble, work with integrity do not fit in with CREF culture and they will be targeted, psychologically abused for a year or so and then will be fired. I have now seen this cycle for the past 5 years. 4. Great analysts - smart, humble, hardworking, ethical people are let go every year. So the resultant pool gets worse by the year. 4. Middle management is full of bullies, so people who have no ethics, integrity and are brash and dumb will be promoted. It is a self-fulfilling, reinforcing cycle. 5. If you are a person that are a minority, or don't belong to the cliques then you are in big trouble. 6. This is a pattern in every department. It is not isolated to one department. HR, IT all filled with mediocrity and people enduring management abuse, torture and humiliation.

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