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Auto-Owners Insurance

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Auto-Owners Insurance reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(1,077 total reviews)
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Jamie P. Whisnant

52% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Auto-Owners Insurance has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,077 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
4.0
Sep 24, 2009

This place is old school

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

37.5 hr work week people are nice and friendly Benefits package is great Never laid anyone off Lots of treats! It's possible to do 25 and out here

Cons

Management structure is very vertical You need approval to do just about anything... ever. salary is on the low side Never laid anyone off - lots of fat to trim gross incompetence among coworkers

2.0
Apr 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Your fellow co-workers (not management) really could be your best friends. They never talk you down and really care if something in your life is not going right.

Cons

Management talks you down big time. This is what is bringing the company down slowly. You have a complaint? You will get the phrase: "That is your fault!" This place is stuck in the 1970's: big business attitude and no business casual dress. It is like Big Brother watching your every move...management always sneaking down the aisles to see who is working and who is not, and eavesdropping left and right. Even if there is a blizzard, if you are late even one minute, the guard will make you sign in just like if you were tardy in school. If a movie could describe this place, it would be "Office Space"...to a T. It is not worth your time...your experience here will not help you elsewhere as everything done here is out of date and little can transfer to more up-to-date insurance companies. Luckily, I found one that is up to speed with things with my skills from this place...

2.0
Jan 30, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

7 1/2 hour work day -- without exception. Overtime is available if you're a non-exempt employee. Very little stress. Job duties are explained well, company policies are well laid out. The company claims to have never laid anyone off due to lack of funds. Some managers are really great people that talk to you and treat you like you're human.

Cons

Agree whole-heartedly with the reviewer that said this place was stuck in the 70's...Very stuffy, conservative environment. Promotions are almost 100% based on seniority, and not at all merit based. The only opportunity for advancement is if you take insurance classes and move your way into a management track. The attitudes of a lot of people that have been there for more than a couple years are to do the absolute minimum, since going above and beyond won't get you a larger raise or promoted faster -- it'll earn you more work, that's it. The apathy, morale, and lack of goals at this company among associates is stiflingly bad. If the weather is bad (e.g. snow), you're still expected to be in your cubicle by 8:00 am, period. If you're one minute late, they make you sign in at a guard shack, like a tardy slip for truant teenagers. Being consistently five minutes late is a bigger offense than being worthless and doing nothing all day long at your cubicle and can cost you your job. Management will go up and down the cubicle aisles at different times to see who is "working", as if this is supposed to motivate and/or scare employees. All it does is annoy employees and make them feel like children. Management will also snoop through your cubicle drawers after hours and eavesdrop on conversations to see if they can use anything against you. Have any health problems or are having a baby? Be expected to make up the time lost not covered by FMLA. Have an opinion that someone that "out-ranks" you is doing the wrong thing? Keep it to yourself, even if you're 150% right. Want to get ahead? You can work hard and be a team player, making you, your team, and your boss look good, or you can withhold information from your co-workers, making them look bad and you look good. Many "lifers" choose the latter of the two methods.

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