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Auto-Owners Insurance

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Auto-Owners Insurance reviews

3.1

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,076 total reviews)
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Jamie P. Whisnant

52% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Auto-Owners Insurance has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,076 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Auto-Owners Insurance employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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1K reviews
2.0
Sep 7, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ok company for a starting career. Hours are good. When we qualify for bonuses, they are decent. Most of the people I work with are dedicated employees and good to work with. We try to lift each other up. Company is stable.

Cons

Greatly underpaid with extremely high volume caseloads. Management does not care that we have high caseloads. They still nit pick files apart and micromanage, leaving employees feeling unappreciated and belittled. Management is not held to any standards. Most of the time management is doing nothing to help employees who are overwhelmed with excessive work. A lot of the managers are seen on cell phones or socializing. I have seen managers bully good, hardworking employees. If you go to them or their upper manager about an issue, you then get bullied or don't get a good raise the next performance evaluation. Managers never compliment or praise you for going above and beyond. Training is terrible. Basically, you learn the position yourself through trial and error. Management does not communicate with each other in regards to how something should be done. You are told 4 different things by 4 different managers. This is very confusing, and they ultimately come down on the employee for tasks not being completed properly or in a timely manner. They do not appear to truly care about their employees, even if they are hard working, reliable, and with good attitude.

3.0
Dec 7, 2015

Claims Adjuster

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Stable company: layoffs are virtually unheard of and I've seen many allowances given to improve a poor performance. Decent sliding benefits based on years of service.

Cons

Overwhelmingly understaffed at almost every branch level. Upper management has taken massive bonuses while brow beating mid level mgmt with micromanagement and audit twisting. 60+ hours is the norm. Forced attrition

3.0
Oct 30, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Christmas Bonus, Profit Sharing Bonus, 37.5 hour workweek, Benefits, (some) coworkers, Insurance designation exams paid for by company for first try.

Cons

Extremely mixed messages delivered by branch management on procedures, underwriting guidelines, etc and make it hard to be an effective underwriter and keep a good rapport with agents. Not to mention the messages of "you're saying NO too much" and then in the next breath "you're saying YES too much" to new business, renewals, etc. Overtime isn't required but if you want to keep your head above water you better be in there after hours and on weekends. Management treat associates like a game of chess - stalemating some associates and advancing others - it takes FOREVER to get a title promotion or any other type of promotion in there. Also, they don't fire anyone EVER, which is good unless the majority of your coworkers are incompetent morons whose work should have been reason enough to let them go. They pass work off to others instead of having the direct source clean up the mess. Feel comfortable venting issues to my supervisor, but know it's a brick wall with no solutions coming from the conversation. Overworked, underpaid (significantly), and tired of the toxic atmosphere of this place.

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