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Cottingham & Butler

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Cottingham & Butler reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(192 total reviews)

David Becker

86% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

Cottingham & Butler has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 192 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cottingham & Butler 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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192 reviews
3.0
Jun 2, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are OK (not great) but better than other places locally Flexible work atmosphere/not micromanaged Team mentality Some very smart coworkers On the up-side, the business continues to do well and be profitable (however, the average employee will not see any of this come back to them).

Cons

Total compensation is very lacking unless you are on the sales team People who support sales get very little reward compared to sales, even though you will be told again and again how valuable you are Company will take advantage of good, hard workers General philosophy is that everyone is replaceable. Won't try too hard to retain truly good employees. Some TRULY stupid coworkers. As in, you're wondering how they manage to get to work each day. Male-dominated atmosphere with sexual harassment running rampant. Locker room talk is perfectly acceptable and encouraged by male team leaders/practice leaders and it leads to an overall toxic environment over time if you are a woman.

2.0
Nov 21, 2017

Service

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The middle management and coworkers are great

Cons

Senior management really tries to control what you do inside and outside of work.

1.0
Feb 17, 2016

No training, No nothing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I met a few people in the department who were kind and slowly began helping me even though it was definitely not their job to do so. I hear great things about Health Check.

Cons

Where to begin...no training, no guidance. If you're looking to sit at a desk confused all day then definitely apply. As other reviews have noted, it's a boys club. You frequently see men hanging in the manager's office, laughing and chatting. Many of them had a very "you're inferior to me" complex, which made the few meetings the department did have and their get togethers awkward and cliquey. My supervisor was worthless and made no effort to get to know me, let alone train me. I could tell after the first day (and later told by other employees with similar situations) that the supervisor didn't like me. I spoke to multiple higher ups about my situation to no avail. The good employees they do have who were willing to help me were not appreciated like they should be. C&B seems to be attempting to hire faster and more people to get their numbers up without thinking that they have to actually train the people they hire. I left voluntarily because I felt like I was wasting my time and the four years I spent working hard in college. Just a very sad and stressful experience overall.

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