Sedgwick reviews

3.2

53% would recommend to a friend

(4,592 total reviews)
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Mike Arbour

58% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Sedgwick has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 4,592 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sedgwick 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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1.0
Jul 12, 2024
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Pros

The benefits are decent as while as PTO(that is when they actually let you use it)

Cons

Where do I even begin. Management is AWFUL. In onboarding you are told one thing and then when they throw you into you permanent teams they tell you something completely different. I was terminated for “call avoidance” for transferring companies that were not supposed to be in my que back to the appropriate department. So I should take the call and possibly give incorrect information because I am not familiar with the client’s policies and procedures? No coaching, no write up, just terminated. I did not have one occurrence. In 6 months I was never late nor did I call out. I worked pretty freaking hard those 6 months only to be thrown out like trash because I transferred a few calls out of 70-75 I took everyday. I’ve been in customer service for over 14 years and have never experienced anything like this company; unorganized and definitely not a company where “caring counts”. Because of this experience I will never go into a customer service role. My mental health was at it’s worse when I was employed with this company. I would advise anyone thinking about applying or working for this company to make sure you are going into the role you applied for!

3.0
Mar 13, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

I thought the PTO policy was very generous! Not sure if its still the same, but we got 20 days of PTO from day 60 and +1 day every year we continued to work there, plus occasionally floating holidays.

Cons

The work that you do is quite depressing. I had to leave after 3 years because I was miserable. Calling depressed people the week of Christmas (or any other holiday) and telling them "they're paperwork didn't substantiate that they were depressed enough to be considered disabled..." was a daily conversation but add the holidays and people would almost respond identically with "should I just kill myself." it was a lot to carry around on my conscious everyday, there's no support from upper management as well which is ultimately why I left. There was also no overtime, so if you didn't finish your workload due to excessive calls that day or maybe just an excessive amount of tasks for the day (called diary's internally) then you'd have to leave it at that but would get in trouble. Theres supposed to be regulations for how many claims an examiner has in their name at a given time and it is never followed -- I worked on three accounts and always had 50-100+ claims more than most of my colleagues.

3.0
Nov 26, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Good PTO and benefits. Employees are friendly. Flexible (often they will let you work from home/ switch to a closer office/ work odd hours). depending on the account, can be a high workload, but there are few repercussions if you cut corners or make errors so you can generally complete everything in 8-9 hrs/day if you are not a perfectionist, which is pretty good for the claims industry. The work itself is easy. Good training program for new hires unless you snag a job through nepotism. Pay is about average, some would say mediocre, but they will pay a surprisingly high salary to adjusters who accrue varied and useful experience and earn industry certifications. Job is very stable. Overall, you should just know what you are getting into and it may or may not be right for you. It's good if you got a degree with otherwise limited career opportunities and want an easy, stable job with a salary that will comfortably cover basic expenses and then some. If you want more more money or challenge or variety, you should invest in more education for a different career. For those already in claims, it won't be much different than any other employer.

Cons

They have decided the best strategy is to pigeonhole people and give paltry raises and no promotions. They may believe this is best for the company, but it frustrates employees to have to quit and get a new job every 1-2 years if they ever want a raise. This also results in high turnover, and they take their sweet time hiring new people so expect to be short at least one team member most of the time. Management is cliquey; they promote their buddies whenever there is a managerial position open, even if it's someone who started with no experience a couple years ago, while plenty talented colleagues toil for decades and are given the finger.

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