A work culture which breeds mediocrity and boredom - Administrative Assistant FM Employee Review

3.0
Oct 3, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

There are definitely many good things about FM Global, excellent job security, phenomenal benefits package, company wide bonus (if objectives achieved) and lovely, helpful colleagues in all departments.

Cons

Unfortunately, the environment at FM Global pushes employees to do the minimum. Yearly reviews have almost nothing to do with salary increases (which are paltry) and managers are pushed to give their employees the least possible to keep their department budgets low. No matter what employees tell their managers, all procedures stay exactly the same (meaning there is a high degree of corporate control and a focus on keeping the business exactly as is) and change and growth are not on the menu. FM will have to contend with a changing job market as people who are looking for a challenge move elsewhere, people with new ideas or fresh perspectives are not welcome here. My personal estimate is that job satisfaction is very low.

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5.0
Apr 17, 2026
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Pros

Good company, fantastic work life balance and people there are really nice

Cons

salary is okay but not the best compared with the other big tech companies

2.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

* Great business model at the foundation * Solid compensation program: Base salary + bonus * Sustained high profitability over the long term * Stable employement * Pension Plan

Cons

* Extremely hierarchical and regimented * Promotions based on favortism rather than true merit. Employees are precategorized and stigmatized on their ability for future career progression. * Extremely focused on metrics and internal objectives. This leads to box checking, cutting corners and bending rules to meet the numbers. * Extremely heavy workload. No work-life balance. * Management doesn't really incorporate employee feedback; they pretend to to check a box. * Quality of job suffers to keep up with quantity. Everything is becoming data driven and the data is often wrong. Enormous pressure to hit a button and accept at face value whatever the system spews out. * Our CEO builds fancy gold plated office buildings that aren't needed and pulled the plug on hybrid work to justify the investment in the real estate.

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