CNA Reviews

Pros

Promotion opportunities for hard/good work. Great downtown Chicago location, good benefits, decent management. Be prepared for the good and bad of large corporate though. You will have to work around politics and some unreasonable corporate requirements.

Cons

Always changing leadership and direction. Many RIFs, consolidations and divestitures (but doesn't everyone live with this now?).

Advice to Senior Management

CNA is still a bit top-heavy. Eliminating one SVP position would pay for 5 'workers'.

Pros

Big company with benefits and will be around for a while.

Cons

Big company where you are basically a number.

Advice to Senior Management

Promote because of skill not because of term of employment.

Pros

Good culture and work life balance

Cons

The work is not challenging enough.

Advice to Senior Management

Take the advice of the talented youth.

Pros

CNA IT is a very open and supportive environment to work at. People are very collegial and professional. Company policies are very flexible, work-life balance is definitely encouraged.
People who demonstrate initiative and drive are recognized and rewarded.

Cons

With IT services being streamlined, the size of IT staff has shrunk. Career advancement paths (career tracks) are not well defined. Put 2 together, getting promoted is difficult.

Advice to Senior Management

Provide more opportunities for cross domain hands on experience for a better overall professional development. Define more concrete career advancement plans and opportunities.

Pros

Nice people, can fly under the radar if you'd like, not a tremendous amount of pressure put on you

Cons

Can be boring at times. Management is always chaging at the top level. Too many new levels of management as well

Advice to Senior Management

Stop with adding all the levels of managment

Pros

Benefits are good as far as 401(k) match, PTO, employer contribution to health plan, and bonus plan.

Compensation has shown steady improvement.

Cons

Health plan is a mess.

While I've done well, I know other employees who have not made compensation growth, due to the way reviews impact salary.

Advice to Senior Management

Drop the HRA and offer a plan with a real health savings account.

Pros

Excellent 401k/match program
4 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO) 3 weeks at hire date plus purchase of additional week at one year mark
Health benefits start on date of hire
Multiple positions offer work from home option -depending on work performance
Training tools available if looking to advance/move to other avenues
Decent yearly bonus program depending on yr review
Company prefers to promote within before looking elsewhere
Management team listens well to concerns and looks for solutions that suit both employee and company.

Cons

Company offsets low increases with bonus -depends on year end performance of company. A benefit to company not hard working employee.

Advice to Senior Management

Be a little more honest on salary limitations within certain departments. Do not promise what can not be delivered in the end.

Pros

* Excellent Benefits Package & 401k / Match
* Provides lots of training and development opportunities

Cons

* Constant organizational changes in terms of structure

Advice to Senior Management

Focused approach on the Direction of the Company.

Pros

Downtown Chicago location.
Landmark building.
Nice Cafe area.

Cons

Not much job training.
Not much recognition.
No job security at all.
High turnover rate (both voluntary and involuntary)

Advice to Senior Management

Build some culture and care about people. Grow them, not just use them.

Pros

Some people are really nice

Cons

Sr. management should be more on the same page

Advice to Senior Management

Act more for the long term