GuideOne Insurance reviews

Variance in management styles between teams.

Where to begin. The company has severely declined in the past few years. People walk on eggshells. Management is sure to remind you that you're completely replaceable at any time and that you're not that special. Because of this, everyone thinks they're going to get fired or laid off. There is constant talk trickling down from the senior leadership and there has been for a while now. Benefit cost is abhorrent and honestly offensive. For some people, benefits increased by 175% in 2020. On top of it all, the benefits are subpar at best. GuideOne went from contributing to 75% of the premium 2019 to something like 60% in 2020, in addition to the cost increase. The company has no clearly defined goals other than profit, profit, profit and growth. It's a business, profit is the motivation - duh, but the leadership doesn't get any buy in from mid to lower level employees. Instead of empowering employees to do their jobs well, leaderships just tells employees they need to do better. In fact, if you're reading this and you're a regular reader of HBR, MOST, not all, but most senior leaders do the exact opposite of what the experts at HBR say you should do, including our chief executive. Hard work (meaning going above and beyond) is not recognized or rewarded. No opportunity for advancement in any functional area, from what I can tell. The CEO is an excellent businessperson, but a terrible leader. There has been major turnover in the uppermost levels of the company in the last two years - it's insane. The grunt workers can only be left to wonder if there is a culture of fear at the highest levels, which would make sense because that trickles down. Growth is being achieved at the expense of the employees, not to their benefit.