NJM Insurance reviews

2.4

27% would recommend to a friend

(551 total reviews)

Mitch Livingston

42% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

NJM Insurance has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 551 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The NJM Insurance employee rating is 33% below average for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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551 reviews
1.0
Aug 18, 2017

Prison

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Pros

Many people say the free soup and free oatmeal is a pro; I say it is akin to selling your soul for a jelly donut - it is used by this company as a way to keep people at the company, make them think they are "cared for" by the company, etc. - it is a mechanism to convince people that they are valued. That is all. Many people are discarded, literally die at work, or resign - constant turnover. The stress is that bad. There is no pro at this company that can make up for the many times they will send you home crying, treat you like an idiot, or micromanage you to the point of insanity. Run as fast as you can away from this place.

Cons

Sigh. There is no possible way to advise how bad it is to work at NJM. Many of the other reviews list the basics - micromanagement, incompetent management, lack of caring, treats employees like robots, pushes people out, you can do no right, cliques (LITERALLY like high school, which is pretty messed up being encouraged by and participated in by MANAGEMENT), and so on. A lot of the reviews here talk about millennials. If you are a millennial starting here, listen to me - you are a warm body to fill a seat, and as soon they either a) figure out you don't fit in their clique, b) figure out you are intelligent (i.e., you will question them if something doesn't make sense), and c) realize they cannot boss you around, they will be gunning for you. Much of upper management is not well educated, and they certainly have very little, if any, grasp on current trends in management practices, what millennial and z generation workers expect from the workplace, or how to treat employees for retention. Since I've left, I've worked at a few other places (twice as an intern while getting my Masters, and now full time in Washington, DC), and it is a world of difference. NJM likes to make employees think and feel like they are worthless, because that is the only way they can get you to submit. Current employees, if you are thinking about leaving, make a plan and have the courage to leave. It is so much better out there than you think (get out of insurance too, bad growth (see occupational outlook handbook). This kind of behavior by employers is systemic in the insurance culture, although no stories I've heard for elsewhere are as bad as what I and others have lived through at NJM). Seriously, run as fast as you can. NJM is essentially a prison - maybe not for the body, but certainly for the mind.

1.0
Sep 13, 2019

Any decent review is written by HR

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I wish there was at least 1.

Cons

If you value yourself or your family, look elsewhere. NJM used to be such a great place to work, but somehow continues to get worse. For starters, you have a group of uneducated supervisors who wouldn’t even be competent at the job they are supervising. There are only a handful of supervisors who are actually good at their job and have any idea of what’s going and they are undervalued and overworked ( and I am sure underpaid) There is no work/life balance. So, if you plan on actually living your life.. don’t because you won’t be able to get off, even though the lure you in with an excess of PTO that you’ll never be able to use. HR also asks people in exit interviews not to write reviews on here because people question them during interviews. The fact that people even go on interviews here amazes me. Ten years of my life I’ll never get back. Finally being in a position to leave, I am thrilled to be giving my notice shortly.

1.0
Apr 24, 2018

A nightmare

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Pros

Free soup, health benefits

Cons

In the past year, 5 people were fired after they went to HR to advise that they felt harassed by their supervisor. A company that claims there is no retaliation after speaking up for yourself fires you within a month of going to HR. The harassment claims were relevant because their management will scream at you for a mistake or put you on a warning. A micromanaging army style work environment with people sitting in a hostile work environment on top of one another. It used to be a great place to work but after 10 years I felt like I was going to jail every day. It’s a man happy place and treat women like a prop with no voice.

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