Markel reviews

4.0

69% would recommend to a friend

(540 total reviews)

Tom Gayner

83% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Markel has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 540 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Markel 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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540 reviews
1.0
Feb 20, 2017

All about who you know

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good vacation days and health benefits.

Cons

Pay is below industry normal across all regions, praise is only given to relatives or favorites, the same goes for promotions. Was once a great company to work for but stopped focusing on employees and instead on buying companies.

1.0
Feb 9, 2017

the times are changing. Be wary of Claims and IT

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

the pay and bonus plan are decent

Cons

The organization needs to provide better tools to allow us to do our jobs and pressures to perform are unreasonable.

2.0
Feb 1, 2017

Prepare go be unappreciated in every way

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits Agents Coworkers Different divisions Culture at home office

Cons

Pay Work life balance Management tactics Upward mobility Former FirstComp division Human Resources Politics Markel Style doesn't translate outside the corporate location.

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