Crawford & Company Reviews

Pros

Good work/life balance, good coworkers, management mostly free from micro-managing.

Cons

Benefits program a little weak, feel like compensation has stagnated compared to competitors, and promotion potential virtually nil. Not enough growth to support advancement into management for those who might be interested. Too much reliance on remote regional management without one specific manager office manager for the local branch.

Pros

Health Insurance, Ypu can wear jeans on Fridays.

Cons

You are not treated as a person. Your every move is watched and monitored. No raises. The supervisers have favorites. they dont want anybody talking to each other. I felt like they was babysitting us.I have never been treated this bad at a company before. There are so many people hat are all stressed out but the supervisors did not care.

Advice to Senior Management

Take classes on how to be a superviser and not a drill seargent.

Pros

Yearly training and support for product lines. Full support in networking/marketing endeavors. Consultant caseload is manageable and i have never been asked to compromise ethics versus customer politics.

Cons

I have worked in 5 offices across the country and the quality of management personnel in the same division has not been consistent. Quite a surprise for a company with service standards clearly defined.

Advice to Senior Management

More assessment of managers across all divisions and lines of business. Education across all lines of service would be beneficial, especially as multiple lines of services are blended as new products.

Pros

remote home positions available, flexible hours

Cons

poor pay, poor merging integration with Broadspire and Crawford

Advice to Senior Management

better pay

Pros

Use to be a stable place of employment.

Cons

They don't appreciate there employees.
Management don't take the time to understand the task at hand.

Advice to Senior Management

Take the time to understand what your workers do.

Pros

Nice place to work, small office with a friendly atmosphere, Everyone got along and worked as a team when needed. Enjoyed the work, was able to utilize most of my skills and learn new ones.

Cons

To value the opinions of others and not to look down on those who they may feel are not their equal.

Advice to Senior Management

To be more aware of the abilities of the people they hire and to listen to their opinions as they may have something good to offer.

Pros

Great Benefits, great education opportunity

Cons

Pressure for high claims volume in a small amount of time

Advice to Senior Management

Less rigid toward employees

Pros

Working at Crawford was a good experience. People were nice and professional.

Cons

Some people working there had no Insurance background. I went to College for a few years but some people were able to step their foot into the business without a degree.

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure supervisors are qualified to be supervisors.

Pros

excellent opportunity to learn the business of insurance
exposure to muttiple lines
company vehicle for most positions
flexible schedule

Cons

benefits as a whole - health, dental, etc are not on par with other industry leaders
certain positions require 24 HR on call status for a period of time
salaries are below industry average

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Many opportunities for growth and success

Cons

Frantic focus on short term results

Advice to Senior Management

Work with a longer time horizon