Best corporate environment I had ever experienced, until the Dutch parent decided to divest from profitable U.S. units - Anonymous employee Aegon Employee Review

Short-sighted Dutch executives more concerned about being a Dutch company than being a successful, global company, and once AEGON USA CEO Pat Baird retired, they walked all over AEGON USA management. Cut more profitable, higher ROI U.S. operations to send capital back to the weaker performing Dutch operations. That, ultimately, made the downside of working for AEGON USA the fact that so many of its jobs disappeared.