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Lincoln Financial Group

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Lacked Leadership, No Work-Life Balance, Micromanagement - Training Consultant Lincoln Financial Group Employee Review

1.0
Apr 12, 2023
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Pros

Great benefits - up to 10% match for retirement. Strong learning culture with HR programs. Decent PTO and holidays.

Cons

The section of the company I worked for didn’t have strong leadership for management or work-life balance. I was seen as a situation to manage, heavy focus on numbers. I am a salaried employed but frequently have to track my hours worked. Also, mentality is the more hours you work outside of 40, the more opportunity you have for promotion. There is no flexible, remote work option. I am scheduled to 8-5, no negotiation. A lot of the company works on Saturdays too, I get many emails from people over the weekend. I have to plan my PTO out for the year. There is little to no career development from my manager. Mistakes are not forgiven, heavy micromanagement from small errors such as missing a deadline that does not impact business operations but is self imposed. Little to no opportunity for innovation. Very much a “do as you are told”. Like I said, it is isolated to my area of the business so make sure you’re asking good question in your interview to get an idea of the culture.

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5.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

Great work-life balance and flexibility, benefits are top-notch

Cons

Cannot think of any negatives.

2.0
Jul 14, 2026
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Pros

Some good things include work from home being available if you’re too far to commute to an office. There is a good 401K match. You don’t have to work holidays.

Cons

The cons… I have worked metrics driven positions, but this feels too intense. I don’t like the “big brother” feeling of always being watched. Even if you’re in a ready status and waiting for calls, if you’re not moving your mouse, you’re considered idle and that hurts your metric. The sick/PTO buckets took a little getting used to. I didn’t realize using my sick time also took hours from my PTO. I’ve been used to those being separate things. I also hated feeling “new” to the job. You would learn something one way, but then be told to do the process another way only to be told later that you’re supposed to do it a different way. It became hard to feel confident in my job.

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