ManhattanLife reviews

3.2

56% would recommend to a friend

(155 total reviews)

David Harris

60% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

ManhattanLife has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 155 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ManhattanLife 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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155 reviews
1.0
Sep 11, 2023

Do not work here

Recommend
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Pros

Christmas holiday dinner and Texas Rodeo day bbq lunch

Cons

Everything… the pay sucks, nepotism is a real thing here, the managers all are clueless about their jobs. Worst thing is you wake up every day working for a company you know is denying people’s claims off baseless determinations. Don’t believe me, go read all of their reviews.

2.0
Apr 26, 2022

Good People! Abysmal Leadership.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Non-leadership employees are simply the best. They do their jobs well for uncompetitive pay and little or no recognition. They do it because they take pride in their work product. They help their co-workers because they KNOW help cannot be expected from middle/senior leadership. Health insurance is EXCELLENT (low cost through a reputable provider - multiple options). Good place to get your feet wet……..but not a long-term option.

Cons

Communication/collaboration between departments is not encouraged. HR is not accessible and does not protect the privacy of employee information. The running joke is: If you want EVERYBODY to know, tell HR. Nepotism. Tons of it. Antiquated technology. Director level and above leadership is disconnected and consumed with company “politicking”, often to the degree of neglect: After my boss left the company, I went SIX MONTHS without knowing to whom I was reporting. Bottom Line: I left because of the complete and utter absence of competent leadership.

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ManhattanLife Response
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We appreciate the feedback and feel we have made great strides in adding personnel to Leadership roles, including the department you were working in. Our transparent and open communication culture allows employees to give feedback and insight into suggested improvements both within their department and open communication with leadership. We are sorry you never expressed your concerns to us while here as we would have verified that personnel data is maintained with the highest level of confidence within our growing HR team. We encourage our employees to come to us with any concern they may have and have had great success in implementing changes as suggested by our employees. Our mission is to give our employees excellent customer service as they are our most important asset.
2.0
Nov 30, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Alternating early Fridays. You get to leave early the day before before holidays. Downstairs cafe is good. Coworkers were cool until they quit and more unqualified people were hired.

Cons

Very little and inconsistent training. You’re pretty much on your own after 2 weeks since the trainer(s) have to start training the other incoming techs. Management would send a training schedule, but sometimes the trainer wouldn’t be able to thoroughly go over the day’s topics since they still had to do their normal work load on top of training. Very micromanaged in Medicare Supplement like we were in high school. Our breaks had a 7 minute time limit at one point. Sometimes I had to go to other floors to find an available stall since there were only 3-4 stalls per floor…and then when I got back to my desk, I would have a message from management asking why I went over the time limit by maybe 2-3 minutes???? Management said the workload would be evenly and randomly distributed, however good employees were punished with more work to keep productivity numbers up. I noticed myself making more calls than some other techs, so I started to keep track of how many new applications were added to my inbox. I consistently had the most newest apps added throughout the course of the 3-4 months that I kept track. When I brought it up to management, they just told me “I know you can handle it.” Sure I can handle it, but make it at least somewhat fair or give me a raise! Pay sucks and is way below the average. Raises are only 1-2% every year. No bonuses. No remote work options. Offices are just okay, nothing great.

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