TIAA Employee Reviews about "senior management"
Updated Dec 12, 2019
"Good culture, great benefits and work life balance" (in 177 reviews)
"TIAA's work life balance is set well and so one is not overwhelmed at all times" (in 148 reviews)
"Some positions do not allow a good work/life balance" (in 73 reviews)
"Senior Management is full of JP Morgan colleagues" (in 44 reviews)
Reviews about "senior management"
Return to all Reviews"Marketing Consultant"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookI worked at TIAA for more than a year
Pros
- many work from home office - understand family/ work balance -
Cons
- senior management doesn't control "swirl" well - a little less progressive than other financial services firms
TIAA2015-08-19"Ok place to work"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at TIAA full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Good benefits. Located downtown denver
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Lost. Grim future senior Management is lost
TIAA2019-12-12- Helpful (24)
"Wealth Management Advisor"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at TIAA
Pros
Local office has a team approach and I’ve built friendships with long standing colleagues
Cons
Over the past two years I’ve seen more changes at TIAA then in recent memory but not for the better. There is a lot of new senior management at TIAA and they so far have done nothing to garner the trust of the employees. They got rid of the alternative workplace and instead of just admitting that it was a process to lay-off employee they mask it based on collaboration. The firm decide no longer to be in the... insurance business but yet the firms name is Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association. The firm will offer third party insurance options, which we always speak about how “we are different” but now we are acting more like other asset management and advisory institutions. There has been no real vision laid out but everyone knows more changes are coming and more potential layoffs, which goes to my next point. The firm is looking to cut cost but yet it says we are doing well, well enough for The CEO compensation to be north of $20M so why all the cost cutting measures. TIAA had to change to be competitive and no one debates that but the firm is now another Wall St institution and the specialness of the firm is no longer.
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This section is so irrelevant and worthless as no senior management is reading reviews on Glassdoor
TIAA2019-07-20 - Helpful (21)
"No longer different, no longer distinct"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at TIAA full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Great benefits. Very nice campus.
Cons
Senior management is no longer trustworthy, no longer operating within our 100-year-old values, and no longer different in any material way from other Wall St. firms. These guys just announced new smart windows in the NY City office the same day they admitted more job cuts were coming. They said ending work from home was not a workforce reduction strategy but now have admitted most of those people will not be... replaced. AND, by the way, there is a hiring freeze in place. This happens at TIAA about every 18 months now. So if you want a job where you can virtually NEVER stop worrying about being laid-off, TIAA is the place to be. In addition, the criteria for promotions is radically subjective. No rhyme or reason involved.
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Stop lying to the employees. And return to our values. Try transparency.
TIAA2019-08-05 - Helpful (29)
"Losing its way"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at TIAA full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Pay is very good and retirement plan is superb. Current CEO is a very decent guy.
Cons
Senior management no longer cares about employees. The end of work from home (and the loss of hundreds of good employees along with the horrible treatment of hundreds of others), the new open seating for all (though I’m betting senior management will keep their big offices behind locked doors with a security guard blocking access), the end of vacation days (“open vacation” just means less vacation), no raises for... anyone earning over $150k (though according to public filings the big honchos all have received huge increases); and on it goes. I’ve been here since last century and this is as bad as it’s ever been - even worse than “black Monday” when 500+ people were all walked out the door with 15 minutes to clean out their desks.
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Listen to your employees. Not only do many of them know more than you, they care more than you. I know that sounds crazy but think logically. Five years after you retire how much of your financial life will be tied to the future of TIAA? Very little because most of your money has already been paid out. But for us old timers the vast majority of our future is tied to the success of TIAA. So please listen. Sadly... you’re not.
Show MoreTIAA2019-06-13 - Helpful (4)
"A good place to learn, and a good place to grow your career and retirement"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at TIAA full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Amazing retirement plan, ( in addition to 401K), worth the 3 year vesting. Pay was solid as well. Also, paid training. This is a good place to learn and grow if you get on a team / product where the silo matches exactly what you want to do, so think "product Focused" I was here a while and grew quite a bit professionally during that time. My immediate team and Manager(s) were great. TIAA is very, very siloed, so... you can view that as a good or bad thing; I made it work in some ways and became an expert in my product set. The people I worked with in my immediate team and in the my office were really great, fun, smart people who cared about the mission. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to work here - so shout out to those who hired me!
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Silos. Senior Management. My last 16 months there, it was hard to get experience with other products that interested me and grow my career outside of my immediate team, ultimately leading to the reason I left. Senior Management lives in their own bubble and are completely disconnected from the rank-and-file;. There is some "last century" style culture being pressed from the top down, like ' you need to... be at the office at a desk to be productive', so work at home program was not flexible unless you were hired on that way or had a doctors note - so. . .not what I would call a forward thinking / progressive environment.
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When you hire for your Senior Executive team, don't just look at paper stats, like MBA from x prestigious school, positions held at other "marquee worthy" firms, but hire people with a high EMOTIONAL intelligence that know how to truly relate with others, know how to relate to teams, people - Over-all, I feel Roger has done a good job growing the company.
TIAA2018-02-28 - Helpful (3)
"Vice President"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at TIAA for more than 10 years
Pros
TIAA has an outstanding mission, desire to do the right thing and a strong sense of responsibility.
Cons
Unfortunately, TIAA's strong mission and sense of responsibility does not always drive their decision making in a tangible way. While the intent is there, the reality is often contrary. Also, senior management has to become more authentic and genuine to its employees by truly listening to them and ensuring they have no obstacles to being truthful about their reality as well as the customer's experience. Politics... and bureaucracy consistently get in the way of ensuring that sound business decisions are made.
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Management needs to listen to employees in a genuine way and apply it to their decision making. They also should scrutinize their alignment to the mission and then live it in every thing they do.
TIAA2017-12-06 - Helpful (6)
"Management creating confusion not change, company is losing its good reputation."
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at TIAA full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Co-workers are creative and have become good at doing “more with less”.
Cons
Senior management now cares more about growing the company than serving clients. They want to manage assets but are farming out investing to newly acquired subsidiaries and Nuveen.
Advice to Management
Across the board budget cuts are forcing managers to select good performers for redundancy. Team members are given no notice on departures so there is not proper handoff on work. Remaining team has to pick up even more. Once or twice okay, but the semi-annual purge is killing morale.
TIAA2017-12-13 "Sr Business Manager"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at TIAA full-time
Pros
Good people, work from home culture, congeal work environment, diversity is important
Cons
Conflicting Senior Management agendas, under staffed, inefficient internal processes
Advice to Management
Walk the talk as it relates to carrying for your employees
TIAA2017-04-24- Helpful (3)
"Bureaucracy ruins everything"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at TIAA full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Used to be a great department/place to work before the reorg of 11/2013. Still some great people, and the building is nice.
Cons
Everything went downhill quickly after reorg of 11/2013. Senior management tries to micromanage everything instead of moving forward. They will find out what you want for your career and go out of their way to close that door for you to make you feel like you aren't important. I thought I was the only one this kept happening to until I talked to others. It's such a weird and ridiculous tactic. They will also find... ways to not pay for exams and exam materials!!!!
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Get a new chief actuary. Take a look into potential ethics violations as there is a movement to take the anonymity out of anonymous surveys by specifically following up with individuals on their responses.
TIAA2017-05-26