International Risk Management Institute reviews

IRMI is relatively small in size but big in everything else. The culture and environment is the best. IRMI really cares about their people and it shows. Every year IRMI holds some kind of big event for the employees to get together but they also have small events throughout the year and each department has its own way of bringing people together. IRMI encourages growth in each individual and has strong core values. Every month people are celebrated for their birthdays and work anniversaries. The executive team encourages new ideas and ways of thinking and the CEO definitely cares about everyone. Employees, CEO included, are on a first name basis. IRMI has also been named one of the top places to work more than once. If you're looking for more than just a place to work you should consider working for IRMI.

IRMI values doing things right the first time- taking the time to get total cost of ownership estimates and not cutting corners. IRMI also values hiring the right people and fitting them to roles; toxic employees don't last long (if they even get past the interview). Hours are excellent- I'm salary but have averaged under 40 hours/week likely in every month for the six years I've been here at time of writing. Official hours are 7.5 hours/day, with some flexibility for picking your "shift" (ex. 7:30am-4:00pm vs 9:00am-5:30pm). As a developer I occasionally have after hour duties, I'm quite confident these never added up to outweighing the extra 30 minutes off each day. Employees can telework three days a week (assuming their job responsibilities don't require them to be in the office; most roles are flexible in this regard). I for one like this balance- I value spending time with co-workers in the breakroom both from my department and other departments. Company is small and everyone can know everyone. My previous employer (internship) was Google, and it goes without saying I talk more with IRMI's executives and directors than Google's. IRMI is a profitable and stable company. We have not had a unprofitable year since the early 2000s, if in this century at all (I've not seen the data pre great recession, but I know we were profitable even then). Not a single employee has been laid off due to lack of budget that I'm aware of, definitely not since I started in 2016. Tenure is high. People who can last a year or two tend to stick around. Several employees have been here for 30+ years, many for 10-30 years, and one for 40+ years. I don't know the exact numbers, but I wouldn't be surprised if half the company has been here 10 years. At other companies this may be a lack of innovation, but not so at IRMI. When IRMI started it was 100% print, large printers beyond my millennial imagination, and now we're nearly 100% online. Employees who've stayed with us have experienced career changes as the publishing industry has developed. Unless circumstances drastically change in my personal life or in work (which I don't anticipate), I could see myself here for decades. Without going into detail, compensation is fair. I've never asked for a raise, and the promotions I've gotten have had clear paths. Ex: decide upon goals for promotion, reach goals, receive promotion. As an individual without spouse/dependents, my health insurance is covered at 100% and IRMI contributes to my HSA. I'm 100% confident I could get more money at another company if I wanted, but I also expect such compensation package to be compensating for something: inferior (or downright toxic) work culture, stress, hours, politics, legacy systems, etc. Companies which only invest in salaries aren't going to have the same quality of work culture IRMI has. IRMI may not pay me as much as I could earn, and some of that is because IRMI puts that money toward making the company sane in many other ways. I have no interest in job hunting for raises; with all the pros I have listed here I'd be stupid to throw them away for a larger number in my bank account. Vacation day rollover is large- it doesn't "roll over" at the end of the year, dropping any hours you've accrued over 2 weeks or something. Rollover is calculated per paycheck, and you stop accruing if you've hit the limit (which is high, I don't remember the specifics since it changes some with tenure). I've never had issues scheduling PTO for a vacation or other needs. You're encouraged to stay home if you're sick / unable to give 100% (ex. exhausted, unable to focus). Longer vacations are easy to schedule, you just need to give adequate notice. In 2019 I was out of the country for 3 weeks (and ended up sick for a further week) and it was not an issue at all. Information silos are discouraged. We want the team to be cross-trained and processes to be documented. This works to everyone's benefit- if you want to leave the country for a few weeks, the team can function without bothering you. When I was out of the country my work account was completely disabled, since the only "people" who'd try to access my account would be hackers/other malicious actors. Pretty nice way to disconnect- couldn't have worked if I wanted to. Early in my career at IRMI I had a rough spot with my work, including (but not limited to) poor work performance. The company worked with me to get things back on track when they had good reasons to cut me loose if they wanted. This greatly increased my respect for the company and the people involved. IRMI prefers to promote known and trusted employees over hiring unknowns, so one doesn't have much competition with prospective employees when there are job openings. Several employees have changed departments, effectively changing their individual careers. I have many co-workers I'd call my friend, it's not just a bunch of random people doing their minimum (or even maximum, as regards workaholics) for a paycheck. This is quite long, but really it's short. There's many more pros I could share. IRMI is a company I would have all my friends work for if we only had enough openings. I've never wanted to work anywhere else, even when things have been rough and I've never envied another friend's job opportunities.