GEICO reviews

2.7

24% would recommend to a friend

(12,707 total reviews)
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Nancy L. Pierce

50% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

GEICO has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 12,707 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The GEICO employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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1.0
Mar 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I've met some nice people there. The health insurance they offer is good. They have nice walking paths.

Cons

You cannot take more than two personals a day (no more than five minutes) for any reason. I talk a lot with being in a call center, so I drank a lot of water until a manager pulled me aside to tell me I was going to be fired if I kept taking personals. I was taking two a day-what I was supposed to be allowed. The customers often treat you like dirt, but!, unless they are cursing at you specifically, AND you have warned them, you're not allowed to disconnect. So, the guy that told me that he was going to hunt me down, kill me, kill my family, etc, I couldn't disconnect from because he didn't use curse words, per my manager while the guy was muted. They cause intense amounts of stress but offer no relief from it. You only get 7 days off a rolling year excuse or no excuse before you're fired, they list it differently saying that you have to maintain a 97% percent dependability to keep your job-I'm strictly talking about calling out sick, not vacation time. Despite the intensity of the day you get one fifteen minute break, and thirty minutes for lunch-though, in the GEICO 101 (welcome to geico class) they said 45 for lunch, and a break; you see what they did there, right? They, also, talk up their awesome benefits like disability, but when I was hospitalized, told I couldn't return to work, etc, they told me I would have to be out of work for 6 months before the benefits would start kicking in, I've been paying in for years but I get nothing, basically. The supervisors avoid calls from the phone reps making it just that much harder to do our jobs. The managers never listen to us when we try to tell them about that particular issue. Our numbers are public fodder, I'm a 4.7 but that, still, irritates me. Also, they send out public notice if you're late coming back from anything, no matter the reason. I was 35 seconds late from my break because my diabetic son had his lunch stolen, and the school called to notify me just as I was as I was heading back to my desk. It didn't matter, I was publicly shamed despite my good reason, despite my normally being back early, etc, nothing that went before mattered. Also, no matter how much you do, no matter how well you do, it's never enough, they want more.

1.0
Feb 3, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Car with free gas card

Cons

You will not get paid for Overtime. They give you a hard time when inputting true hours worked. If Supervisor gets along with you your in the clear if not good luck. Matrix is set up to make you look unproductive incase you take them to court.

2.0
Jan 26, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent pay and benefits Looks good on a resume Large company where everyone is dating everyone else so you might get a date or make friends

Cons

Firing good long term employees to keep overhead costs low Most employees end up with mild depression after working there for 5 or more years Negative reinforcement is a normal practice as a motivator High turnover and attrition rate No respect for lives of employees requiring them to come in sick or in inclimate weather or it is counted against their dependability score Peer monitoring where negative reinforcement a is key training practice Management fraternizes with employees on Facebook too much and nepotism is rampant

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