State Farm reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(19,785 total reviews)
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Jon Farney

51% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

State Farm has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 19,785 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The State Farm 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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20K reviews
1.0
Apr 28, 2017

Oh how the mighty have fallen

Recommend
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Pros

The job security is a pro, it seems the turn over right is high so if you suck it up...you should be fine.

Cons

The company changed so much with the recent retirement of the CEO and "merger" into the new world. They open up bidding for vacations in January and you are to input the days you want off for the remainder of the year...who does that? I have some things planned out but not my full year in advance. This in turn leaves every Friday and Monday for the rest of the year unavailable because people snatched those up fast. You cannot even look to extend your weekend with the days off you've earned because of this. Previously your scheduled shifts were only 6 months long and you would bid for another shift after the 6 months were up. Now they are permanent and if you get late shift, you are stuck with it FOREVER (Sandlot style). You have the availability to swap days with someone but that's like pulling teeth because nobody wants to work late. They cut down on the daily huddles but they review your metrics constantly, it's difficult to provide good customer service when you are rushed to finish/wrap things up. It's led to an environment where people try to cut corners or complete the easy tasks to pad their numbers on the board. Speaking of the board, its almost like in Kindergarten, your numbers are green (good), blue (ok but not there yet), and red (tisk tisk) - the boards are laid out for everyone to see. The recent changes have caused people to quit, retire early, or go to a competitor.

2.0
Mar 4, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, nice and helpful CO-workers, training, State Farm pays for licensing if needed. You get a lot of vacation time but good luck getting to use it!

Cons

Management and Executives live in La La Land. They have very unrealistic expectations. A lot of changes made in the last months that make us feel like priso ners! They need robots, not humans for what they want. Metrics are unreal. Claims associate position in Express is not ideal for family or single parents. Not family friendly! Promise of opportunities is a joke. Apparently right now people in Express cannot transfer to other departments! Save your health, stress and anxiety and look elsewhere. They have a lot of openings for a reason, everyone wants out!

3.0
Sep 26, 2016

State Farm Claims Specialist

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work with great people, job security

Cons

call center environment for college educated professionals, micro managed time and scheduling, high volume, stressful, political and nepotistic development, smaller regional offices slow to develop minorities. Management will say one thing and completely flip the script the next day.

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