State Farm Employee Reviews about "time"

Cons

The company provides little support and all they care about are agents who meet travel goals. Set high objectives in exchange for very low pay. The company cats nothing about its agents despite the fact that they lie and say they do. Beware of going into agency. The illustrations they present are far from realistic and they aren't truthful. The area managers are horrible and show little time of respect with their agents unless you are a high producer. I'm a great producer but I don't fall prey to playing politics. Also, there compliance division will do everything to monitor you once they deemed you are not working on behalf of the company but working on behalf of yourself. They dint care if you go bankrupt because they'll just replace toy with a new agent who is willing to accept their high premiums and lies. Also you don't own the book so when you die, your heirs get NOTHING. Stay away from the state farm agency opportunity.

Cons

Overall, the agency bombarded current customers with sales calls, making my co-workers and I uncomfortable. Some of the scripts used were very pushy and didn't have the customer's best interest in mind.

Cons

Management is never on the same page. Some coworkers are lazy and not reprimanded but somehow they're strict at the same time? Customer volume increases suddenly and they can be extremely rude.

Cons

-There's the wrong way to do things and there's the 'State Farm' way (i.e. if you go against the culture in anyway, you become ostracized) - They pay lip service to 'up-skilling' but only allow favorite employees time and money to attend quality training beyond online videos or click-through classes - If you like business processes and enjoy talking to 5-12 different people before you get any work done related to your job, then go with State Farm's Information Security department. - They have an odd obsession with Agile and Scrum, even for non-developmental/technical teams. It rewards people who can speak in buzz words and break down work as opposed to finding an actual creative solution to actual problems. - I've spoke with multiple people who state that they would do almost anything else, but stick around because of the high salaries, raises, and bonuses (e.g. golden handcuffs). Apparently if you can deal with being generally miserable every day, then this is the job for you. - You will not be well-rounded here. State Farm is a huge company and they can afford to have people work only on one 'flavor' of a job at a time (governance, scripting, Federation, etc - only) so that if you try to leave, you are far behind your peers and don't have the well-rounded skills to keep up and get hired elsewhere (see Golden handcuffs comment) so you become stuck since you can't go anywhere else (don't do this to yourself!).

Cons

No raises and only two weeks max vacation time

Cons

Your nothing but a number

Cons

On FMLA and currently being harassed by supervisor Some supervisors are by the book and others are very relaxed. Go by the book anyway

Cons

-most agents won't hire you if you don't already have a license -job satisfaction really depends on your agent because they are your boss... State Farm is mostly just a name associated -there's no such thing as HR since the agents are basically in charge of everything -your salary largely depends on sales and you can't collect commission if you're not licensed -typically working in a small office so you'll probably have to be the one to quit if you don't fit in -Usually NO BENEFITS and very little PTO with no flexibility to make time up if needed -no clear opportunities for growth without pursing higher education (which you won't have time for since there is no flexibility)

Cons

ALL THE TEA. Heavy on metrics. Mandatory overtime is apparently common and it’s hard to take time off once out of training. Disorganized database for procedures, so you have to always ask people where information is located or try to find it yourself. Stressful when you don’t even know what you’re looking for. Trainers on the hotline you can call for help are often too busy. Training is SUPER FAST, even for people who have licenses and no experience. Definitely recommend getting your home or designated license before applying, bc training plus that burden is ALOT! Some of the training feels backwards. I often feel like they hand you a whole bunch of random tools then tell you to go build a house…which btw you will be taught all the components of a house in ONE DAY! That’s how fast training is. People have quit during this training phase because it was too fast and difficult. THIS JOB IS STRESSFUL! They will teach you a bunch of stuff that is not relevant to your job…which makes me upset because I’m getting paid for one job while learning 2-3…and I will be “moved around as needed”. The worst part so far is the lack of consistency between what you are taught in the classroom, while shadowing, and what your manager wants/prefers. It’s so annoying because with so much information to retain, you’re prone to making the same mistakes…my manager is so new, he doesn’t even know how to help me sometimes.. Oh, and prepare to have a new managers every 2 months. I definitely feel like I should be getting paid more, but the salary is non negotiable.

Cons

Low risk low return yet highly stressful. People complain about increase in premium all the time and blame on team members for it