State Farm reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(19,759 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 19,759 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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3.0
Nov 13, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent Salary, decent benefits, job security. If you want a place to hang your hat and call home, this is it. Once you get hired, its up to you how hard you want to push the envelope, or not.

Cons

Slow growth, lacking diversity in management, lacking opportunity for career growth. No matter how hard you work, no matter how successful you are in what you do and no matter how many classes, designations or degress you have, its all about having a sponsor get you to first level management. Even at that point, you may need to be bllingual and offer to move anywhere in the US at the discretion

3.0
Nov 10, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

State Farm has good training regimens. The State Farm agent really wants you to succeed mainly because that is how they are compensated from the corporate office. Corporate sends out newsletters to keep their employees abreast of company issues. There was an opportunity for me to be promoted to selling financial services, but once I realized the sales would come from cold calls only, I declined.

Cons

Very low pay and no benefits. I was working on commission only which is not a smart thing to agree to if you are just starting out as an insurance salesman. I did not like only making cold calls. You could rarely even get an appointment with prospective buyers much less a sell.

4.0
Nov 10, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A great company to be associated with. Career growth is available. The small business atmosphere is attractive, yet am working in a big business world. Compensation is nice with bonus available. Educational opportunities are continuous. Community and family focused.

Cons

Systems with State Farm are always changing. They are changing for the good, but it is something new to learn.

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