TIAA CREF Reviews

Pros

Great benefits, used to have a good pension.
Good middle management and nice co-workers.

Cons

Upper management aloof.
Too much politics and backstabbing, kingdom making.
Not much chance for a promotion unless you know somebody in the in.

Advice to Senior Management

Get some fresh air and become responsive to employees needs.

Pros

There are some very good people at TIAA-CREF. The options for telecommuting are good and flexible work hours are available.

Cons

The frequent reorganizations means you are constantly changing strategy. There is very little team atmosphere and lots of finger pointing. They will work you for hours without even a thank you. The benefits package is average.

Advice to Senior Management

Pick a strategy and stick to it.

Pros

Benefits (though shrinking every year)

Cons

Too many to list.....
Outsourcing everything

Pros

Technology, Teamwork, Telecommute, Transperency and Integrity

Cons

Unbalance brought in compensation, careerpath through Change in management very often

Advice to Senior Management

Think beyond 5 years of the stay that leadership has while doing job switch. People who stay in the organization longer needs proper consideration in role, responsibility and remuneration.

Pros

Competitive salary. Company retirement benifits

Cons

No such things as Team building. Too many dirty politics at work place. Poor management. No career growth.

 If you are a contractor..., forget it. A good one word description is 'Sweat shop'.

Advice to Senior Management

Upper management is OK but Middle layer needs some leadership classes. Try to identify good resources within company and give some promotions.

Pros

Good people with good skills at the worker level. Some of the senior leadership was good. Decent pay and benefits

Cons

Frequent and dramatic leadership/direction changes. The best leaders are quickly discovered and subsequently overwhelmed with work to the point where they cannot be successful

Advice to Senior Management

Pick an IT organizational strategy and see it through. Constant change is to be expected to some degree, but when it rises to a level that people are constantly in fear of their jobs it becomes a distraction that hampers performance. Recognize that you are overwhelming good leaders and either forcing them to leave or putting them in position where they cannot meet expectations.

Pros

Good pay, good work life balance, reasonably strong supporting cast, major offices in both New York and Charlotte, good benefits

Cons

Slow moving, can be a bit of a lack of clarity around promotions and what it takes to get to the next level

Pros

A good training program, everyone there is very willing to help their coworkers. For the most part we have friendly participants.

Cons

Slow systems to work on. Taking PTO during holidays is a struggle. Some of the training is a bit overkill,

Advice to Senior Management

Please update our systems. The company wants us to reduce our average talk time when they give us agonizing slow programs to work on.

Pros

Good people, truly mission driven. Not for profit heritage

Cons

Employee lack of experience at large financial services organizations, may not recognize competitive advantages / disadvantages.

Pros

Amount of paid time off
Retirement Contributions

Cons

politics
favoritism
backstabbing
lack of promotion opportunities (unless you are "liked" by management)