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American Income Life

Part of Globe Life

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American Income Life reviews

2.8

36% would recommend to a friend

(4,198 total reviews)
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Steven K. Greer

62% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

American Income Life has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,198 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The American Income Life employee rating is 23% below average for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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5.0
Mar 2, 2016

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Pros

Prior to working with AIL, I was a consultant for around 2 years. I had intimate contact with hundreds of different companies across the country. That being said, I have neither seen nor heard of a company that puts such a deliberate and concerted emphasis on mentoring and developing their people. Whereas most companies’ training processes focus EXCLUSIVELY on the “on-the-job” duties or “day-to-day” tasks, AIL’s training process is geared first and foremost towards developing competent business professionals and exceptional leaders. 95% of the training and education you receive is NOT job-specific and will lay a solid groundwork for success, regardless of where your career path takes you. Specific to the South Pitt office: the leadership team constantly goes out of their way to make sure that every member of their team is in the best possible position to succeed. The office culture is absolutely second-to-none; although competition is a huge part of this business, there is not a single person in the office who isn’t rooting for you and does not want to see you succeed. We have a good time, we make good money, and we get to help a lot of people. Bottom line: this deal is absolutely not for everyone. The reason I love this job is the same reason some people would dislike it: you will get out of this job exactly what you decide to put into it. If you want to get paid $30,000 a year to waste away at a desk and watch the clock for 40 hours a week, this job is probably not for you... BUT if you are coachable and willing actually work when you're at work, you will be successful.

Cons

1. The first two weeks of training are very intense. 2. Nobody is going to micromanage or babysit you to make sure get work done on any given day. You need to learn to manage yourself effectively.

1.0
Oct 8, 2019
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I have to write five words here

Cons

The manager GARY who does the group interview will lie and say your training is paid. He says for the first two weeks you’ll be with a trainer and you take home all money from the sales, and the third week you split it. That was a complete lie! They will only give you one sale, and a tiny one that’s not even enough to cover the amount of money spent in order to start the job. They require you to pay all of you licensing and exam fees yourself, and don’t even reimburse you for all the money you spent to work there! They hire a bunch at once, thinking the majority will fail the exam or quit, but then when they all pass and stick around they don’t have enough trainers to train the new hires. So people will be “benched” from going out in the field and learning. People will go months without a paycheck because of their lies and empty promises. I’ve heard of people falling behind on so many bills, including car payments! Because they quit their old job thinking they’ll be making money right away like they were told! One person is even about to get their car repossessed because they were lied to! If you aren’t in the inner circle then you’re screwed. They say everyone is family but how can you lie to “family” about getting a paycheck? Scammers. Gary also says they provide medical and dental insurance which is false, they want you to use their “discount card” they use to bait-and-switch customers for your “insurance.” They falsely applications in MANY different ways. They report false numbers so during the mandatory group meetings the “top” sellers seem like they sold a lot more than they actually did. Its all a scam from top to bottom. Its only a matter of time before they get sued. Cant wait for that. The turnover rate is unbelievable because new hires bail when they find out theyre being scammed. They bait-and-switch new hires and clients. They are professional liars.

1.0
Apr 25, 2017
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Pros

At least they are nice to you while they lie to your face.

Cons

You will most likely lose money working at this job. You need your own car, a computer (not a mac) and a cell phone. You have to pay for your own course (they say they are paying $150 of it, but that's a discount they get) You pay for your own test. They make you sign saying you are an independent contractor. But then tell you where to be, what to say, how to say it, and the materials you will be using which according the IRS makes you an employee and eligible for minimum wage and benefits. You call hundreds of people from your own phone and if they don’t answer you just hang up. They teach you how to change your number using apps so that you can call the same person multiple times a day using different cell phone numbers. They tell you that you are only calling Union employees who requested their service. Then you call a ton of people who are not Union employees and tell them you are calling from a different service that provides child safety kits. You also read a script that misrepresents you a representative calling on behalf of Police Unions. When you show up at homes for meetings they most of the time don’t know the real reason you are there. In the 4 months I was with this company I was put into some very unsafe situations, and eventually made less than $100 profit (before taxes) (after paying back my license fees, class and testing fees, a $200 laptop, and gas to get to my appointments). Very High Turnover. Deceptive Recruitment Techniques Deceptive Sales techniques.

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