LandAmerica Transnation Title Insurance Reviews

Pros

health insurance was good - included dental/vision and the company 401K match

Cons

You put in a lot of hours. No real career path past manager.

Advice to Senior Management

Be less concerned with being a Fortune 500 (499 squeak) company and concentrate on recognizing and mentoring good employees.

Pros

Employees had the flexibility to perform their job responsibilities well.

Cons

Senior management could be openly hostile and insulting to employees. Public humiliation was common. They were also so focused on quick growth they could not fulfill contractual responsibilities. They were pocketing bonuses by shuffling around employees from one crisis to another, instead of hiring more employees to do the daily work needed to serve their customers. Eventually their greed caught up with them and major customers left. Before the company could recover, the mortgage crisis hit and it was all downhill from there.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to the employees. We do the work,we are the experts. Having power doesn't make you smarter than the rest of us. Motivational programs like Gung-Ho only work when senior management members are not obvious hypocrites and openly disrespectful.

Pros

LandAmerica was a great place to work for me. I had a lot of independence in determining how to fulfill my role. I was treated well, as long as I was a viable member of the team. When my health forced me to take time off, they handled it professionally. However, I did not feel welcome when I returned some months later.

Cons

Since I left the company, it has been gobbled up by Fidelity and will probably not survive the current economy--another victim of the real estate bubble. I just heard they canceled all the COBRA and group insurance benefits for the retirees and people who were laid off. They have no options for health insurance without COBRA.

Advice to Senior Management

Run!