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Updated Jun 8, 2023
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- "To much emphasis on college degrees in IT area where most managers have degree in non" (in 73 reviews)
- "It seems upper management has been under pressure to reduce staff and do more with less." (in 27 reviews)
- "Senior Management is constantly increasing goals without increase in compensation while simultaneously increasing job expectations." (in 17 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★Featured Review
Hartford Insurance, leading edge in technology, life balance, and DE&I
Jan 18, 2023 - Software Engineer in Hartford, CTRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The Hartford is a leading edge technology place to work where Life Balance, Ethics, DE&I and even being Green, all are day to day priorities. People that leave usually come back. The Hartford treats their employees better than anywhere else and that makes the difference.
Cons
Compensation has been rumored to be less competitive in the past but that no longer seems to be the case. Working from home is often an option and if a position requires being in the office for collaboration for most positions it is only 2 days a week.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Work life balance 100% remote Competitive pay
Cons
Can be busy at times
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Good company that needs more investment in IT
May 26, 2023 - Underwriter in Chicago, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Strong emphasis on providing an enjoyable culture. Access to many ERG groups
Cons
The computer systems are at least a decade behind my previous employer. In talking with seasoned employees, they felt that there isn't enough budget that goes to improving the computer systems.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good amount of Pto, remote
Cons
Personal lines sales:Micro managed, back to back calls nonstop. Expected to be at your desk taking calls 95-98% of your day. Have to jump through hoops to get commission, goals are high $100-$500 commission for meeting and exceeding goals. Can be cut in half if close rate is too low or bundle rate is too low. Managers/leadership act like everything is okay. Doing the job of sales and service for the same pay. No pay raises. Have to work weekends even if you’ve been there for years. Managers ignore the quality of customers /prices we get, but expect us to sell everything possible. If you’re in this department try to get out. Toxic environment covered up with woohoos and emojis in the team chat.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Team can be great, but not so much the work
May 21, 2023 - Ability AnalystRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
My experience as a claims handler involved a friendly and supportive team, with a team leader I could trust. The Hartford offers decent benefits, if only middle of the scale pay.
Cons
However, there was always (always) more work than the group could handle, with the company often bringing in people from unrelated departments to handle to volume of work. Dealing with claimants can be a hit or miss (usually miss) experience, though often understandable since the claimants are dealing with difficult situations. Expected to answer a high percentage of incoming calls, which can be difficult to impossible to reach based on the volume of calls and the need to have at least a little bit of uninterrupted time to get work done.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Life at The Hartford
Jun 6, 2023 - Assistant Director in Hartford, CTRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
In general the employees are great people Work/Life Balance Flexible Schedule
Cons
Limited upward mobility options Silo'ed Lack of Transparency
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Lots of opportunities to develop and grow. Benefits are of good quality. Work/life balance
Cons
Lack of communication, planning, execution. IT is so poorly staffed and overwhelmed, nothing gets addressed. Requests can linger for years. CEO decided seemingly very suddenly that any employee within a certain radius, regardless of their current remote work situation must come into the office at least 2 days a week. Even if said employee was originally hired as a remote employee, previously sent home fully remote pre Covid, or had a previously approved full remote standing with company. “No exceptions.” I can understand the desire to have more of a presence, but forcing people who live on fixed incomes, have acquired a work life balance with children, family or otherwise to start coming in at the drop of a hat is horribly inefficient, and it will cause a lot of valuable employees to seek outside opportunities. Time and money spent on childcare, commuting, car care/wear etc. is not worth losing productivity. Wfh employees put in more time and better production because they’re happy and feel valued/appreciated. I suggest they provide incentives to current or potential hybrid or in office employees (commuting/care care bonus, childcare stipend, higher overall salary).
Continue readingThank you for your feedback. The Hartford is committed to cultivating an environment and culture where all employees feel valued and respected. Sustaining our unique workplace culture is fundamental to our Place of Purpose hybrid work model, which was built to align business performance, collaboration and the flexibility employees value. In true agile fashion, we are continuously testing, learning and adjusting our use of hybrid, office and remote roles. For many employees in various roles across the organization, in-person interaction is key to delivering these benefits and preserving our differentiated culture. We are proud of the ways we engage in two-way dialogue with our employees to discuss feedback and hope you will engage with your manager to address your specific feedback directly.
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Great company for everything other than work.
May 28, 2023 - Senior Software DeveloperRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
PTO - Awesome, Worklife balance - Excellent, Benefits - Great, Salary/Bonus - Very good for the effort expected.
Cons
Work - Almost nothing expected as far as is concerned. Just a couple of hours at best per week. Even with so little work expected, you are told by management if you feel this is too much, we can reduce this! Meetings - All day and repeated over and over.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good people and culture, average compensation.
Cons
Location was the primary negative aspect.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Very flexible, benefits, integrity, culture, room for advancements
Cons
The could be way better
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The Hartford has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 3,503 reviews left anonymously by employees. 75% of employees would recommend working at The Hartford to a friend and 72% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.
75% of The Hartford employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated The Hartford 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.
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