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3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(271 total reviews)
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Andrew McMahon

72% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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2.0
Mar 26, 2013

What happened to GLIC?

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Pros

Loved my coworkers because they were real people, passionate and caring.

Cons

Don't value individual contributors. It shows in the rewards (merit increase) system. They are top heavy - there about 35 officers in hr but only 80 or so people in that dept)

3.0
Mar 2, 2013
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Pros

Company policies are a good perk such are after lay-off one time payment for the amount of years that you worked or having good time-off policy. Allows to have some days working from home.

Cons

Very hard to understand direction from management. Cuts are being made based on salary not knowledge and experience. Back stabbing from your direct management.

3.0
Feb 4, 2013
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Pros

The firm has been around for a while. It's not a publicly-traded firm so your fortunes and future as an employee don't necessarily move with the market. My director in IT security services and governance was smart, knowledgeable, demanding and fair. The work was interesting and challenging, sometimes mundane. Compensation was ok.

Cons

The pay and bonuses aren't the most competitive. You can go over a couple blocks to Wall St. and earn much more. The tradeoff is that you'll be working in a far less collegial environment. Management beyond the director level aren't the most technically smart, which is ok. They should be more focused on leadership and not get mixed in with the technology too much, but they often dive into technical water that's far too deep for them to swim and end up creating a mess for the staff level folks who are "doing the work."

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