Symetra reviews

New executives have a lofty perch mentality that is counter productive in a company of this size. Corner offices, special amenities, refusing to attend meetings that aren't held on their special 14th floor create a wide divide between workers and management. Executives regularly issue edicts and set unrealistic time frames and expectations - to be performed at the expense of low paid staff. The HR department lives in the executives hip pockets and does nothing to protect the workers, no matter how many complaints are levied. Stale management tactics are broadly applied to all situations. Employees are not viewed as a critical asset - everyone is expendable. The subject matter experts are leaving in droves, yet the executives seem to have no concerns -- that is until something falls through the cracks -- then any errors or missteps are placed firmly at the feet of staff. Work / life balance benefits such as flexible schedules or remote work is being eliminated -- yet many of the executives are remote and the company bears the cost of flying them in multiple times per month and paying for housing. Another executive 'perk' a company this size can ill afford. Aging IT systems elevate costs and create constant issues for staff while management invests in non-essentials like expensive consultants and re-branding. The question on everyone's mind is, if this executive team is so stellar, why do they need consultants to guide them every step of the way. What are we paying them for? The company engages in double-speak, telling employees to 'be prepared to be uncomfortable' as they want the truth to be told. Yet, employees who do dare to raise issues or provide insights are sidelined, vilified and often dismissed. Operational leaders put the majority of their efforts into ensuring real information doesn't make it to executive ears. Which is easy as the executives rarely deign to leave their floor and mix among the 'little people'.

. Contempt for employees - lip service from management about the company being 'the place to be' . No longer a good place for work/life balance. Flexible schedules and possibility of working from home have been taken away from a lot of departments. No comp time. . Employees are micro-managed, their professional advice is rarely taken into consideration. . Stressful environment for IT employees are they are expected to do Production Support as well as Development using the Agile/Scrum methodology. . Unreasonable expectations are pressed upon employees, like maintaining a system availability of 99.79%, while no investments are being made into redundant systems, and a less-than-average responsiveness from our outsourced servers service provider. . Pay is lower than the market.