Unum reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(1,430 total reviews)
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Rick McKenney

63% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Unum has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,430 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Unum employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jun 17, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers were great...friendly, helpful and most are very competent. Benefits are good (PTO, 401k).

Cons

Management leaves a lot to be desired. Company keeps employees living in fear of losing their job. Constant layoffs..small mostly, but some big. They love to layoff employees who have been employed many years (20-40 years of service). And they also layoff many employees in their 50s and 60s. Nice reward after they have worked so hard for the company. This is hidden from press and employees must sign not to ding company or go to press or sue if they want to get severance. It is unbelievable Unum has been so successful in this practice. The press and communities are clueless to Unum's treatment of their employees. Lots of new management. Old Unum management sold their employees out by hiring new mgmt that is slashing, outsourcing and going to the cloud and packaged software. Most of management is yes men and care about their own survival only. Work load was horrendous. Lots of extra hours for years. When you live in constant fear of losing your job, one pushes themselves to far. Lots of employees on stress disabilities, but not a good idea since Unum regularly lays off employees on disability. Oh do they sell disability insurance?!

4.0
Jun 15, 2016

Work with a professional team

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice downtown location with fitness center, they offer domestic partner benefits before the supreme court ruling. Decent pay and benefits. Nice cafeteria.

Cons

The reorganization caused hundreds to lose their jobs and now the company is researching outsourcing many areas of the company.

5.0
Jun 15, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Great company with excellent benefits, lots of room to move forward or laterally, well-educated colleagues, relaxed work environment, flexible when time off is needed.

Cons

There is a lot of work depending on your role, which can be overwhelming at times, aside from that it is great.

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