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Western & Southern Financial Group

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You can do better...turn around and run out the door. Take those screening questions as a preview of what is to be. - Anonymous employee Western & Southern Financial Group Employee Review

1.0
Nov 8, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Room for advancement if you fit the stereotypical mold of the W&S drone, kiss up to senior management and work 50 hours a week IN THE OFFICE! There is not working from home unless you work on the weekend from home (which is expected in some areas). The generous vacation time (three weeks from day one) will only make up for the standard 45 hour plus work week and you won't get another week until you spend 10 years with the company.

Cons

Culture is so uptight and backwards that I was shocked most of the time by comments or practices that happened on a regular basis. Not a place for anyone who is not a mindless drone. If you have any opinions or mind of your own, don't voice them or face being told "we don't do that here or believe that here at W&S." If you are a woman, be meek and quiet or risk being considered brash or out spoken. Very much an old school boys club. The entire company is backwards and lost in the dark ages from a people management standpoint. You are told, " We have always done things this way." Often business is completely stalled due to the fact that management cannot make a decision or move with any sort of haste to react to upcoming changes. Trust me, run away, don't accept that offer. You will regret every moment that you waste with this company.

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2.0
Apr 8, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Located downtown, so very walkable. Optional pet insurance benefit is nice. They don't do layoffs, so very stable company to work for. An OK place to work at as a first job out of college. Provided daily lunch is sometimes really good.

Cons

The building has a roach infestation and they are spotted several times a month. Management tends to play favorites. One manager has been reported to HR multiple times by multiple people across many years for being too aggressive to the point several employees have had mental breakdowns, yet still retains their position. Dress code is business professional despite most never interacting with customers. No work from home at all. Company claims to be secular but very clearly has a Christian lean around Christmas time. Yearly raises do not keep up with inflation. Employees are told they are not to discuss their wages with each other, likely due to pay discrepancies between employees in the same roles.

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