AIG Reviews in New York City, NY Area

Pros

It gives you a good Work-life balance

Cons

Limited growth opportunities and quite bureaucratic in nature

Pros

Some excellent people have been working there for more than 20 years. AIG is very loyal to those who are loyal to them.

Cons

Company going through many tranisitions & downsizing due to economy and federal government intervention. No job stability. Sr managment lacking in effective ommunication.

Advice to Senior Management

Poor communication throughout management. Poor performing employees without appropriate skills are moved up within company based on many years with the firm. Makes poor business sense. Tolerance to bad managment needs to be corrected.

Pros

Pay is good, so are the benefits.

Cons

Work environment is awful. Most people are extremely rude and aggressive. Would not recommended this company to anyone but the unemployed and then only as a temporary solution

Advice to Senior Management

Hire better people!

Pros

Good place to start. Great fundamentals and senior management is helpful

Cons

Can be overwhelming at times

Pros

Used to be good benefits, but they recently took away the pension benefits.

Cons

Too much Cronyism and unprofessionalism among upper management.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of upper level management

Pros

The people are friendly and the atmosphere is good to work. The work is always challenging. good technical skills can be acquired in this place.

Cons

The shift timings are wierd. Difficult to cope up with the timings. Your normal schedule is affected when you work in rotational shift basis.

Advice to Senior Management

Please improve the cafeteria and try to improve the work station space. It is too small to accomodate everything that you got with you.

Pros

AIG is a great place to work

*Good benefits
*Excellent Management
*Focused team
*Compensation can be excellent.
*Great individual teams.

Cons

Bureaucracy like anywhere else.
Focused on the bottom line.
Benefits have been trimmed back.
Many layoffs.
Government is involved in the business now.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing what you are doing and you will be great again.

Pros

Laid back environment
Good People
The culture in IT is all about getting the job done

Cons

No formal training offered
Lack of structure

Advice to Senior Management

Emphasis on training and encouraging employees to take on new roles

Pros

Some flexibility about working from home

Cons

NO work life balance. Treat people fairly (too much favoritism).

Advice to Senior Management

More work life balance

Pros

Very nice people to work with for the most part.

Cons

Career opportunities and compensation are often lacking versus industry standards