Nationwide reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(5,422 total reviews)

Kirt Walker

77% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Nationwide has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 5,422 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nationwide 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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5K reviews
3.0
Sep 15, 2008
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Pros

They have a reasonably complete benefits package: 401(k), DB plan, health, employer term life insurance, etc. Rank and file employees are extremely hard-working for the most part and they tend to believe strongly in what they are doing. There is a stated valuing of diversity and some efforts to put that into place.

Cons

Management down to the business-line management level seems to be misguided or uncertain. Stated recognition of employee individual contributions is contradicted by a fill-a-slot reorganization mania in the past 5 years. Investment in infrastructure has not been adequate, though I hear that this is the case with most US companies. I also think that they business line management allows itself to be controlled by outside interests too much.

3.0
Sep 14, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Despite being dissatisfied with the way Nationwide has treated its employees recently, I was employed as an adjuster there for 5 years, so not everything was bad. I would definitely say that Nationwide is very good about home/work balance and alternate work schedules. This is a huge benefit if you have a family. The #1 best thing about Nationwide is the staff. My co-workers were wonderful, and I truly enjoyed interacting with them. I haven't encountered a situation like that before or since, and I know plenty of people who have come back to Nationwide for that reason (I don't include management in that assessment).

Cons

I thought I was adequately compensated at Nationwide until I left the company and saw what other people in my position were earning at competing companies. It wasn't a huge differential, but it was significant enough. Unfortunately, the corporate culture at Nationwide changed from what it was when I first began there. The opportunities for advancement are slim to none, and if your relationship with your direct manager isn't completely stellar they can and will prevent you from being promoted. Before I left some managers were hired who were almost totally incompetent and were quickly running the department (and their employees) into the ground.

3.0
Sep 10, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Mos people there are friendly. Work life balance is adquate.

Cons

Stress over upcoming layoffs. Promting the wrong people. people who actually do work but want to move up the ladder being passed over. Systems are a joke. Rasies far below a cost of living. For an insurance company the health insurance is a joke. You now have to give out personal health information or they will raise the amount of your health insurance. There is more time spent on the internet that people doing work with the managers looking the other way. People who want to get out cannot. The end

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