Brotherhood Mutual Reviews

Pros

Good people work at Brotherhood.

Cons

At times, not adhering to standard practices for industry was a problem.

Advice to Senior Management

NA

Pros

The employees are so genuine and compassionate towards their work and towards each other.

Cons

Brotherhood has a very conservative culture, but that is smart for an insurance company especially to be fiscally responsible.

Advice to Senior Management

Challenge your employees to perform beyond their abilities and see what amazing things they can actually do to improve business.

Pros

Growth - hiring every year without downsizing
Annual reviews - every year like clockwork and managers are graded on quality
Annual compensation increase with the review
Good benefits - not stellar, but not bad
Bonus program - A formula is used at end of year and all employees get the same % (up to 20% of salary)

Cons

conservative approach to change - insurance is not prone to risk
sometimes tolerate poor performance from 'nice' employees

Advice to Senior Management

Keep us growing, keep us employed, push us a little harder.

Pros

No pressure. work at your own pace.
Good place to work until you retire - if you're not ambitious and are just looking for a paycheck.

Cons

Overly conservatiive in everything!
No clear path for career development.
No opportunities for growth.
Favoritism among management.
Too slow to adopt and innovate.
Talent and knowledge is greatly under-utilized because of company's conservative culture
Radical ideas are DOA
Latest industry and business practices are non-existent.
Lack of workforce diversity (racial).
Women make up majority of BMIC employees esp. in low paying jobs but not in management.
Pay not as great.

Advice to Senior Management

The extreme conservative approach will not cut it any more. Look and learn from your competitors and the industry!