LandAmerica Financial Group Reviews

Pros

Out of all the IT departments for small or large enterprises, LFG was my favorite. Serious, yet personable and fun.

Cons

They filed for Bankruptcy in a short amount of time without warning. Kind of wondered how no one saw it coming or if they did, tried to right the ship.

Advice to Senior Management

After Chapter 11 is completed, bring LFG back to life.

Pros

Plenty of room for advancement and they hired from within. Overall was a great place to work, until they filed bankruptcy and sold off to FNF.

Cons

Company was not ready for the decline of the real estate market - cost a lot of people their jobs. Senior management made poor decisions. Odd, everyone could see the end coming, except for the big wigs that steered the company in the wrong direction.

Advice to Senior Management

Should have made better decisions putting the company in a better position for when the market started to turn. Our 3 biggest competitors were able to stay afloat - no reason why we shouldn't have.

Pros

Great HR deparment that are always available. Great at communicating information to their employees. Opportunity to learn more by providing learning resources.

Cons

Pay is not great and the cost of health insurance seems high. The raises are very low to non-existent.

Advice to Senior Management

Better response to the needs of employees concerns. Improvement of pay and better opportunity to advance within the company.

Pros

First job out of college so cant complain too much. Worked like a dog but was paid hourly so got time and a half for overtime. Of which there was a lot of.

Cons

Overworked but management seemed to genuinely care how you were doing.

Advice to Senior Management

N/A

Pros

Interesting work. Ability to move around to different areas.

Cons

Incredibly volatile. Goes up and down with the real estate market.

Advice to Senior Management

Overall a positive experience working there.

Pros

Immediate supervisors are good people.

Cons

Some members of senior management were openly hostile and insulting towards employees in public. They did not understand or appreciate the jobs done by everyday employees. Money was wasted on bad projects and inefficient new procedures that never have been attempted had they gotten the input of the employees who were responsible for actually doing the work.

Advice to Senior Management

We are people, not servants.

Pros

Good place to work, training is adequate and the pay is about average. The atmosphere is casual, laid back, and mostly everyone is friendly.

Cons

Not that it was totally their fault, but management could have been better prepared to deal with the economic crisis. It is surprising that such a large corporation could fall under hard times in the housing market; but again, not entirely their fault.

Advice to Senior Management

I think the communication between senior management and the employees needs improvement. It is important that they know who works for them, personally.

Pros

I found it was a good place to work...sorry to see it end. The industry had been on hard times but LA did many things wrong.

Cons

$$$$$$$$$$$ wasn't competitve. Average at best, especially for dedicated achievers. Our managemnet was nice and good people to work with bu Senior management hadn't a clue about day to day.

Advice to Senior Management

better luck next time, listen to your staff, don't waste money during hard times.

Pros

Good benefits package compared to its competitors

Cons

Management was poorly prepared for the down turn in the real estate market

Advice to Senior Management

New clients/orders are not the only part of the business; you must also take care of problems such as claims are the level at which they are caused.

Pros

Flexible work schedule. Very, very nice people - easy to get along with. Entrepreurial spirit. Get it done - find a solution mentality.

Cons

Low pay. Unfocused senior management - they don't do a great job of explaining where the ship is going or how it's going to get there. Entrepreneurial spirit sometimes translates into lack of organization and communication.
Things could be more professional in how they are managed. Basically it's amateur hour. Promises and deadlines are not kept and then there are no consequences from senior managers.
The more senior managers have a bit of a SUPERMAN mentality. They have to be present for all decisions and they have to be the ones that make it.
Bottomline - it's amateur hour. Sometimes it feels like they are just managing by whim and playing at business.

Advice to Senior Management

Pick a strategy and stay with it. Stop making things a highest priority one quarter then abandoning it the next.

Become more professional. Enforce some management discipline. Business is too dificult to just make things up as you go along.