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Starr Insurance Companies

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Starr Insurance Companies reviews

3.4

62% would recommend to a friend

(396 total reviews)
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Maurice R. Greenberg

65% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Starr Insurance Companies has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 396 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Starr Insurance Companies 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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396 reviews
1.0
Oct 20, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Jeans days, summer Fridays you often got to leave an hour early, long lunches are okay

Cons

Extremely boring and HR will tell you anything you want to hear to get you in the door. There is absolutely no "team" environment. People barely talk throughout the day unless its about two words on work. I was told that everyone hangs out after work, there's tons of company events, and its just a fun place to work in general. I was also told people quickly get promoted. It didn't seem like there was a path to promotion anywhere as there are absolutely no new responsibilities or chances to go above and beyond and coworkers in similar jobs had been in the same job for ages. Work is very slow (many days where I only had five minutes or work to do and I'm not exaggerating) and if you ask for more responsibilities or if you can help anyone else with anything you're scolded because you should be able to find things to do on your own. Employee reviews and goals were never given despite being told I'd get them many times. Employers don't even want to hear your goals because it's their job to set them, not yours. I wouldn't recommend this job to anyone ever.

1.0
Apr 13, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No pros other than some good employees left to make the place somewhat bearable. Location of office is near subway making it pretty accessible.

Cons

The absolute worst company to work for. Where to begin... Well first and foremost it’s predominantly white old men who drool and fantasize over the younger females making it extremely uncomfortable. They will break their neck trying to get “a good look”. But they are also such misogynistic, degrading, demoralizing human beings it makes one sick to their stomach. Racism runs rapid in that company. No one ever wants to see a male or woman of color do well. Also no one of color sits in any upper/senior management positions. HMM I WONDER WHY.. Workers are overworked and underpaid. Every employee looks like they are zombies. They get scrutinized if they leave their desk for too long and are constantly being watched by upper management creating such a hostile work environment. Senior management does not respect anyone who isn’t to their statues making it hard for employees to voice anything. HR IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE. I REPEAT HR IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE. They do not care about how you’re doing, feeling, nothing. They are the biggest wastes of space ever. They continue to let people who have committed disgusting sexual assault crimes in the office because of nepotism. Oh my, don’t even get me started on the nepotism. The only way you will ever get promoted or have respect for is if you’re somehow related to the CEO (or came from AIG). They put the biggest bigots in charge because of nepotism. AIG, AIG, AIG -> move on. You’re ruining your company, your employees with this weird infatuation over AIG. We get it. REALLY. No one wants to continuously have AIG shoved down their throats and in their ears all day long. The office is torturous enough. I’m going to wrap it up here because the list continues but if you’re looking to work here I recommend not too. There is no growth, no skill development, and these AIG fantasizers are never going to retire anytime soon. Maybe when Hank retires many others will follow but until then AVOID. AVOID. AVOID. Save yourself. Self your mental health. DO. NOT. WORK. HERE.

1.0
Jul 9, 2015

Work somewhere else!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the people are nice, others are completely toxic and ruin the work environment. The only other good thing are the half days prior to holidays.

Cons

- Toxic workplace and becomes unbearable for most people affected. - Very fast paced, but don't expect training, and if you don't catch on quickly enough, you will be spoken to about your work performance. - The managers and supervisors are completely inexperienced and not the sharpest crayons in the box; how some people are in positions to manage others is mind-blowing. Then, the same fools managing and supervising are on serious ego highs and think they deserve what they've obtained. - The company does not value their employees - they rather have quality people leave, hire new talent and spend a good 6+ months training, instead of making their current employees happy. - Managers and supervisors will put you down and throw you under the bus any opportunity they get just to make themselves look good. - If they don't like you, they will build a case against you to get you out of there. That's the kind of company it is. - No flexible work hours or work from home. - HR is useless!!

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