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Kentucky Farm Bureau reviews

3.6

57% would recommend to a friend

(113 total reviews)

John Sparrow

87% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Kentucky Farm Bureau has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 113 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kentucky Farm Bureau employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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113 reviews
2.0
May 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits Wonderful coworkers Lots of perks Main office is closed on Friday afternoons (when there is not mandatory OT).

Cons

Current CEO, John Sparrow, is new to the role and digging in his heels. HEAVY micromanagement. Focus on strong accountability. High pressure to attain unrealistic goals and deadlines.

3.0
Jul 8, 2016

State Office Employee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture that really prides on tradition and cares about their employees. Goes above and beyond for employee appreciation events, and their recent take on wellness has been incredible. Half day fridays!

Cons

The culture can also be very political, and you have to watch how you act or speak out or you may get "black listed" within the company quickly. It can be very difficult to transfer positions, or get promotions within the company. Even if all criteria is met for a promotion, you may not get it because you may not be the most favored. A lot of the people that work for this company have worked here since high school, so they are very tightly knit and can be very cliquey if you're coming in from the outside.

1.0
Sep 1, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not sure about upper management because they don't come around much, but the people are great. They only audit 10 or 12 files a year. Such a tiny sample does not reflect what is going on. You can luck out an have an excellent review but if they pick a couple bad files your review will suffer greatly.

Cons

The workload is very unreasonable. The claim load is 2 to 3 times more than the industry standard. It is not possible to give good customer service. In order to keep up with your work you have to work lots of overtime but don't get compensated for it since you are on salary. Expect to work 60 hours a week or more. On top of that, the don't specialize, except they do have a small handful for property adjusters. The vast majority are multi-line. You are assigned to an agency instead of a territory so if the agency you are assigned to gets hit by a disaster you are on your own. Moral is horrible. Not one of the adjusters I work with are happy. After a couple decades in the business I have never seen such low moral. Home office seems to be extremely out of touch. There are not many standards set so claims are not handled uniformly. Nobody has ever trained us on how to read medical records and value a BI claim. Not much training at all. Each office is different. They all have different ways to settle claims. No uniformity. If someone complains, they will get their claim paid even if excluded by the policy. That's not fair to the other insureds. Very old fashioned and way behind the times. Sometimes I feel we are on verge of a strike.

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