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3.1

47% would recommend to a friend

(505 total reviews)
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Jamie P. Whisnant

52% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jul 20, 2024

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Pros

The people and it’s easy. Good to get you in the door if you’re struggling to find a job but I’d suggest working somewhere else if you can. Typically good about working with your schedule though and most managers are alright. Culture and values among employees and most managers is amazing but higher up it’s horrible. Executives do not follow the same rules as everyone else or abide by core values like the rest of the company does.

Cons

Executives lie to the company and make decisions based on how they are feeling rather than facts or data. Assured employees they were not going to change the work from home program, and then 8 months later sent out an email telling everyone they had to be in 2 days a week, a big increase from 1 day a month. Reason for the change is to make culture stronger, even though IT department has been very vocal about enjoying working from home and think it has actually improved culture. They also consider everything “high priority” and don’t seem to care that IT has too much on their plate with unrealistic timelines. Also way underpaid, people who have been working here for over 20 years still aren’t making 6 figures and you have to get up to the director level to see a larger increase in pay. Claim they have great benefits, they are good at best, many companies have benefits that are just as good if not better and they pay you more on top of it.

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Thank you for providing your feedback. We would welcome anything additional you would like to share by emailing us at conversation@aoins.com.
1.0
Jul 19, 2024

WFH reduction is a breach of trust

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Pros

It is almost impossible to get fired, no matter how incompetent you are.

Cons

Upper management lied through their teeth for a year about not reducing the work from home program. I now consider them to be fundamentally untrustworthy and will be viewing any further statements from them through that lens. The action itself will force out a lot of good, high-performing employees (“associates”) who have built lives outside Lansing and Grand Rapids. Corporate projects get rammed through even if they have major flaws. Regulatory compliance is an afterthought and unpaid overtime is expected even when it isn’t explicitly asked for. Upper management will probably continue offshoring jobs without realizing this doesn’t fix a bad product. Salary increases do not keep up with cost of living, but Auto-Owners is more than willing to shell out hundreds of millions on its real estate holdings instead of downsizing and allowing WFH to continue uninterrupted. Auto-Owners is committed to DEI only insofar as shelling out money to consultants for cringeworthy training videos. Hiring practices have clearly not been updated- the Lansing offices are overwhelmingly white in a diverse city with one of the biggest colleges in the country next door. To the HR person reading this: I sympathize with you but I am not interested in communicating with you further unless I can do so over anonymous email.

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Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. To discuss this further, you may reach out to us at conversation@aoins.com from any email address you choose.
4.0
Jul 15, 2024

Tout stability vs. pay

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Pros

Growing, good company culture, flex work, promote from within

Cons

Lower pay than comparable sized insurance companies

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Auto-Owners Insurance Response
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Thank you for your review! We are proud of the stability we have enjoyed over our 108 years in business.
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