Auto-Owners Insurance reviews

Most employees are dramatically underpaid compared to similar jobs elsewhere. The same political junk you find at big companies still rings true here. "Future managers" are chosen within the first few months of employment...if you don't make "the list," you will never advance. Unfortunately, quality of management varies dramatically between departments (since most "earned" their position through brown-nosing, rather than by merit). Several in management have no checks or balances to speak of, and a small number of them abuse this power. Tons of pointless meetings...sometimes we would literally have meetings to discuss future meetings.

The "pros" certainly outweigh the "cons" but there are somethings that could change. I encourage anyone to apply due to great leadership. The company is going in the right direction and know they have a bright future. However, even great companies can get better. Auto-Owners is very "old school" and reluctant to introduce new business methodology, even when it is a clear benefit to change. I believe in "no risk, no reward" and they are very risk adverse which makes decision making a very very long process. The environment is not exactly conducive to "top performers" and there is very little difference in how top performers, mediocre performers, and low performers are rewarded. The salaries to start off are considered to be low-fair.