Pros
I've had the pleasure of working for a little over a year. Here are my thoughts : - Great team and team lead. It doesn't feel like a competition, no one is out to sabotage you. - Free sparkling water and juice boxes - Work load is pretty balanced. Busy season lasts maybe five months and the rest of the year is more chill. (Busy season is brutal though). - Learn a lot about insurance and realise just how complex it is. Its a great entry-level company if you want to start in the insurance industry - Team lead is very transparent in regards to title promotions and salary negotiations. Does seem like they want the best for you. - Theres a starbucks and an Evergreens in the same building
Cons
Cons below : - High turnaround. In the past 17 months I've been with the company we have lost maybe 10 people in our EB department. That doesn't sound like a lot but we don't hire that many and when we do its now only in January and July. I think its due to a new career program they have - I've heard we will strictly being hiring through that and training people takes a long time. - Office snacks can be better. USI wants people to come into the office more now and I think a great incentive would be ot provide more snacks and drinks. Many other offices in Seattle provide lots of FREE snacks to their employees. I think its insane that a billion dollar insurance company won't provide more than cheap sparkling water and juice boxes. - The producers ask for a lot. Some producers are awesome to work with while others not so much. They are very pushy, requests a lot of last minute changes, and downright rude sometimes. There are rules and processes we all need to follow for quality work to be produced. Its almost impossible to have a complete report done in less than 24 hours, it doesn't' work like that and yet they get mad at you for not "starting earlier" as if they didn't ask you for last minute changes. - Salary feels like a scam. Compared to the average Seattle salary for an analyst 2, I think this is low balling. For the amount of work I have to do, I don't think I'm being compensated well. - Insurance benefits SUCK. Its kind of ironic how its an insurance brokerage and the insurance benefits they offer sucks so bad. I shouldn't be paying this much in monthly premiums for high copays. Don't even get me started on their HDHP they offer with low HSA contributions, its almost laughable. - Office is in downtown. Commuting is horrible. Thank god I'm able to wfh but there are a lot of analysts who don't have the luxury and I feel bad for them. I don't see a point in being in the office since analysts are the back end support. All in all, I would treat this job as a means to get your foot in the door. Insurance is very complex and if done right, can be useful and advantageous in your career. Good luck!