National Life Group reviews

Anything this company tells you about employee development is a complete joke. Employee development plans are a pointless HR exercise to make HR and Sr. Mgt feel better about themselves. Company is willing to pay for employees to get additional eduction but could care less once you have it and is more than willing to let you move on to a different company. Ask around Vermont and find out how many other companies have NL to thank for paying for their employees' college or advanced degrees or industry designations. Pay is below market for most employees but the company will go out of their way to overpay for Sr. Mgt from outside companies who don't even live in Vermont. Even the CEO doesn't live in Vermont. Nor does the President's of ESI or Sentinel. The only way to actually make money at NL is to leave and then come back in as an outsider. Otherwise you should be happy with your 1.5% raise every year and keep your mouth shut. I will give them credit, they do seem to be trying to improve in certain areas. But it's hard to have faith in this Company now or anytime in the near future unless drastic changes take place.

Before you read what follows, for many people at lower levels, NLG is a great opportunity. For top flight talent, it's a place where careers go to die. Despite the apparent diversity inherent in choosing an Iranian CEO, "senior" management lacks diversity and is comprised mostly of cliques of "frat boys and sorority girls." There is a basic management competence question as the prevailing communication style is passive aggression. Major project changes are dictated by whim -- with the subordinate often paying the price for management's detachment and poor business knowledge.