Unum reviews

IT staff has been reduced to a critical point. Outsourcing has hit Information Technology employees hard as application knowledgeable IT staff has been laid off and others have chose to leave. The remaining IT staff is challenged to do more and with those knowledgeable peers gone, the stress is high. Outsourcing partners are adequate at following directions created by Unum IT, but they lack application knowledge and even technical knowledge for many. Turnover seems high for our outsource partners as we often have to get accustomed to new people assuming responsibilities. Collaborative and open work environment creates challenges for developers due to noise and other distractions. Restructuring of jobs has created the appearance of NO career path in IT. Some entry level jobs considered IT are compensated too highly for having no technical degree or expertise thus inflating the entire IT salary structure.

It has low turnover rate so the downside of this is that the senior leadership has been there for decades and is not proactive with new ideas or innovation.