No work life balance and rigid attendance policies for salaried employees - Bodily Injury Claims Adjuster GEICO Employee Review

1.0
Jul 21, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Co-worker were great. Great benefits and decent pay.

Cons

I have worked for other insurance company as a salaried employee and had never had to use PTO or be docked pay for leaving early for medical appointments or emergencies. I was told that I would not receive any PTO days until 6 months of employment. That's fine if everything in your life goes perfect for those 6 months but heaven forbid if you get sick or have any type of emergency. During my time their, my mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer and I needed to be off occasionally to attend her surgery and accompany her to oncology appointments. I was given hell for this and no compassion whatsoever. I had a separate incident where I had an upper respiratory infection with a fever (felt like I had the flu) and was told by my doctor to not go into work because I was contagious. I was even given a doctor's note advising of such. Did that matter to management? Hell no! I was called into a manager's office and was reprimanded due to their ridiculous attendance policy. I ended up having panic attacks, became depressed and had to see a psychologist due to the stress and micromanagement and resorted to psychotropic drugs and alcohol just to get by. I have since left the company and have been much happier since. My advice, life's too short...

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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