USAA reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(7,679 total reviews)
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Juan C. Andrade

43% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

USAA has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 7,679 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The USAA 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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3.0
Oct 9, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation package is generous. Yearly corporate performance bonus, holiday bonus, extra days off during holidays, 8% savings and investment plan matching. Highly active in community - lots of volunteer opportunities like Habitat for Humanity, yearly United Way campaign and holiday 'Season of Sharing' fundraising drive. Our members are primarily the military community. In times like these, it's a pleasure and privilege to serve those who serve us so selflessly. The company is undergoing a culture change. This is the time for innovative thinkers and people who thrive on challenge to roll up their sleeves and help straighten out areas that need it. Ideas are appreciated when presented thoughtfully, in a positive and non-accusatory manner. USAA has a new CEO who is making an effort to get back to basics.

Cons

Work and personal life balance is a struggle. You'll work hard for every single penny earned. Change is difficult, not just for employees to accept but in the way it is communicated and introduced. Management is arguably unaware of the challenges facing the front line employee. Direct line managers have little authority and don't always have a background in the area they manage. Could also use more accountability in management. Process is king. In an effort to keep management in the loop, we implement process upon process. Duplication of effort is rampant.

4.0
Sep 27, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Extremely good benefits 401k match dollar for dollar up to 8% Pension Plan Christmas bonus (usually 1 bi-weekly pay check) state of the art on campus gyms

Cons

pay is not great for loan officers should be base plus bonus/commission but they (sr mgmt) say they are scared it would reduce quality of work. no real career path as loan officers, so career training/progression my you manager does not exists USAA does loans but is really a mortgage broker since they sell loans to GMAC, PHH, or US BANK so really restricted on types of loans they can do 18 month time in position, so your stuck in the Real Estate dept till then unless they need you somewhere else Too many section managers, that know very little about mortgages and have just been with the company forever so they got promoted

4.0
Sep 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

USAA is without a doubt one of the most respected companies in the United States to be employed by. They take customer service very serious and also care about the happiness of their employees.

Cons

You without a doubt will be micro managed and timed on everything that you do; lunch, going to the restroom, making a personal call, what ever it is it doesn't matter. Logging out of your system for anything is tracked even doing extra work on a file that leads you to be unavailable to incoming calls.

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