All talk, but nothing to show or produce - Business Analyst TIAA Employee Review

3.0
Mar 18, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work-life balance is there. Nice for those who have families. Can offer some flexibility with scheduling - majority of employees work at home.

Cons

There is no career pathing at all! It's completely who you know, even if there are 10-20 more qualified people. I have no idea how they compete - their technology is antiquated, and they sell everything under the sun that they cannot provide whatsoever!

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jul 4, 2026
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Pros

Good starting salary and benefits package.

Cons

The longer you’re there, the more of an expectation that you work more for the same or less income. Producers find it hard to justify staying when leadership keeps moving the goal posts on how to increase income. No rhyme or reason as to how they decide “promotions.” One advisor might have one good year and get promoted over an advisor that produces year in and year out. They fail to share revenue because they’d have a hard time justifying the income level compared to outside advisors with a fraction of the book size. They claim and depend on brand recognition to justify a capped income but fail, or just won’t admit that is why they keep losing their top talent. Operations is a nightmare that I can’t even begin to describe. When I share the processes that have been in place for over a decade, colleagues in the industry shake their head and laugh. They can’t believe we earn and keep business. The saying while I was there was “the biggest threat we face is that TIAA clients start to explore their options outside of TIAA.”

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