State Farm reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(19,825 total reviews)
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Jon Farney

50% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

State Farm has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 19,825 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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1.0
Jun 10, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is really good. Friends of mine with my college degree are making less in their jobs than I make here. Plenty of vacation time and time to take development courses.

Cons

If you aren't related to someone here, whether by blood or marriage, don't expect to EVER be promoted or moved to another department. It is very obvious when you see who gets positions over others who are far more competent. They actually encourage to date/marry within the company to get better positions, especially if you marry into management. The hours are horrible, and you never know what shift you'll be assigned or Saturdays you'll have to work until 3 months out. If you planned a vacation 6 months ago and they schedule Saturday duty on that weekend, you better be there if you can't find someone to swap with you. It also goes back to my above statement. You won't be working holiday weekends if you're with the right person.

2.0
Jun 7, 2013

To produce or not to produce?

Recommend
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Pros

Very comfy, respectable work environment. The training is the best of it's kind. You really get to know personal lines and marketing the upscale way.

Cons

High pressure sales with very little flexibility in the options you have to market yourself. It's all about the owner-agent, so anything you do to grow the business is not necessarily traceable back to you. This is a bad combination when you are pressured to meet sales quotas. You can't even have your name on a business card?

4.0
Jun 6, 2013

great company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great upward mobility and job development

Cons

lots of people related to each other. can pose problems when competing for jobs

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