GAB Robins Reviews

Pros

the closeness between adjusters, sharing of ideas regarding insurance policies, great company for you to grow with, credible and knowledgable colleagues, managing own work time and balancing between travelling and working and at the same time visiting sites for evaluation. Presence of subject matter experts increases your experience.

Cons

Sometimes, too many cases were given to the adjusters and balancing between travelling and completing the reports according to the timelines are quite challenging.

Advice to Senior Management

continue to show good performance and examples to the new adjusters of which is very much appreciated... try to retain the adjusters by offering more competitive salary.

Pros

Good people, pleasant to be around.

Cons

Way behind the times - need to update hardware and services to field.

Advice to Senior Management

Find a better way to communicate.

Pros

Colleagues and Managers are really good and cooperative.
Reasonable time lines
Flexibility in timing.
Opportunity to learn new Technologies.

Cons

No. of hours per day is 7.5 instead of regular 8 hrs per day.

Advice to Senior Management

There is nothing to advice the Management interms of IT Department.

Pros

They've been around forever -- but their current owner just wants to dump them to the first offer of cash or stock.

Cons

Inflexibility in every aspect of operations for field personnel
Cookie cutter approach to management
Horrible IT arrangements - IBM clones.

Advice to Senior Management

Find an "industry solution" and get out of business as fast as you can. Your few senior people can find other jobs or retire. It's a dying operation -- no longer a player.

Pros

achievements recognized for responsibilities achieved

Cons

lack of communication and respect from senior management

Advice to Senior Management

Senior Management should be more open and fair to employees

Pros

A Small and Mid-size company where your value is recognized and appreciated by Managers and Senior Management. Managers always considers employee's preferences that makes a healthy employee-managerial relationship! Generally good compensation per Market

Cons

It needs to do better job in re-modeling office space.The core business of Loss Adjusting and Third Party Administration is down currently.

Advice to Senior Management

Problem Solving in current Market place.

Pros

GAB Robins has a rich history in its field. They are an honest company. I had several positions in the company. Some of the negative comments written in other reviews are laughable and untrue.

Cons

For various reasons, some beyond the control of the company, There are some financial issues in the past few years. It is a smaller business. Overseas subsidiaries were sold. There is a big challenge in how to run a company with 50 state coverage with a large overhead, in a shrinking market. There are people working at the company that do not appreciate what they have.

Advice to Senior Management

Consider revamping internal workflow in the Finance Department. Try to foster more cooperation, less turf wars.

Pros

Salaries are competitive, easy to get by without working. If you are in favor you can do anything you want. People can work here for decades and do nothing if you know the right person.

Cons

Management changes every few years and the latest is the worst ever. A chairman that litetrally does nothing. He does not have one document on his company PC. A figurehead that does not get along with the rest of management. He is being paid millions for nothing.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire some business development experts. Trim the bloated Finance area. Stop milking the company. Do not cut hours of full time employees in order to make them part time, do not cut benefits, Do not expect 37 hours for for 29. Resign.

Pros

In the Technology division all of the managers (3) have a High School education and have only worked at GAB Robins for the last 20 years. Not much going on as far as innovation. so, it is easy to look smart but looking smart is a big threat to management.

Cons

The atmosphere on the first floor is similar to a high school. There is a lot of bullying going on.

Advice to Senior Management

Start from scratch. Need major overhaul here.