Reinsurance Group of America Reviews

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It's a flat organization, at least in Minneapolis, so it's not a place to come work if your goal is to work your way up the corporate ladder.

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While there are a good amount of very happy people here, there is a fast growing population of unhappy associates, especially within US Operations. There appears to be a higher-than-average turnover rate in that department due to management. Two managers in particular are unprofessional and untimely in their delivery of feedback, and are neither coaches, nor mentors. You would expect those qualities in a "leader". Once you make a mistake, there's no forgiveness. You'll be reminded of that mistake for months to come.

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Dysfunctional, out of control, complacent management (nepotism, yelling, and name calling) and HR does NOT protect their employees.

Lots of overtime hours resulting in no work/life balance, uneven workloads among employees in the same dept. (some employees working overtime and weekends while other employees take cooking and exercise classes during working hours, cigarette breaks all day long, and walking path breaks every single day while everyone else is expected to cover their workload in their absence).

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Middle and lower management is driving IT security strategy. Doing anything for security is a fight for resources from management.

The company runs very lean. There may not be very many opportunities for advancement.

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Small, flat organization; difficult to move up.

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-- Management -- all levels - are not held accountable whatsoever. Decisions based on quid pro quo and management do not listen to the very people they hired to provide subject matter expertise. If you speak up in the best interests of the company, but which may force a department or management to be held accountable for those decisions, you get retaliated against and "put in your place" and get cut off at the knees from being successful.

-- No privacy. Open concept and all cubicles, even for confidential positions. Management forces you to take all calls from conference rooms rather than at your desk because of sound which reduces productivity having to hop around and try to find available conference rooms all the time.

-- No career advancement prospects. They hire you for a position and that's the position you'll remain in regardless if you perform far beyond the level and show interest in advancing and gaining additional skills. No true succession planning from the bottom up.

-- Company doesn't walk the talk. They talk about having an open door policy, that they're committed to employee growth and development, fostering a good work environment, and gender equality. But their actions on a day-to-day basis do not support this. HR is terrible and has little skill in managing people.

-- Incredible lack of diversity and flagrant "boys club" mentality throughout many departments. Management say they respect the opinion and advice from females, but in practice it is quite the opposite. It's common for most decisions to be made excluding women from the conversation (even where they have the most relevant information and perspective to provide on the issue being decided) and resulting in yet another closed door decision by white males over the age of 50.

-- Incompetent managers holding positions for which they have zero qualifications, zero aptitude and experience. Breeds insecurity and in turn, makes them horrible managers and leaders who do not support their reports.

-- Inexistent leadership. No one is willing to do anything that might mean standing up for what is right or their reports. Managers are 100% focused on themselves.

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Manager is forgetting how valuable to keep good employees. Good employees are overlooked. Limited in career development, and advancement.

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No career advancement opportunities in certain departments while other areas are getting promotions frequently. HR tries to enforce global career structure for transparency, but it does not align with salary level and job title.

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Upper management is distant, on a pedestal; IT tries to be agile but business often prefers waterfall processes; management seem afraid of change; while other companies have gotten more casual, RGA made a new, more strict dress code after moving into new building

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Department has not great work life balance