TIAA reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,020 total reviews)

Thasunda Brown Duckett

55% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

TIAA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,020 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TIAA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Dec 28, 2013

Worst company to work for.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None comes to mind. Management is abusive, controlling, intimidating. They lead by fear and intimidate their employees.

Cons

As many people mentioned, performance reviews promotions are not based on merit. Actually my manager used to pull out reviews from thin air. Made up reviews that had nothing to do with my performance. Cronyism was rampant. Hard work and merit will not be recognized. Actually if you are a grad from top schools, you will be singled out. There was a culture of fear and intimidation by management. Instead of managing their employees up and nurturing their people, middle management focused on managing people OUT, by creating a work place so harsh and unbearable. Employees spend significant amount of their cognitive resources navigating this nightmare. Different ideas/views is not encouraged. Diversity is NIL. There is so much focus on getting people out it is unbelievable. The time and resources are spent on destructive activities in this company.

2.0
Dec 22, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Speaking your mind will not vet you fired but will not help either

Cons

The company claims pay for performance but enforces a top down forced distribution rating system. Manages are forced to rate the majority of their direct reports a solid or below meaning little to no raise and average annual bonus.

3.0
Dec 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Products, Great potential to advance if you are not connected to operations in any way. Great coworker. Nice building and location

Cons

Very poor management at all levels.Direct management has no backbone. Company advancement in certain groups are based on friendship and not intelligence or merit. Antiqued systems, company waste funds hiring outside consultants that don't know anything about the company or its culture instead of listening to very intelligent employees that really want to see the company succeed. Continues change of procedures. Now that more companies are getting into the Institutional services, company is scrambling to stay ahead. No work/Life balance if you are in operations group,they will work you until die. Unrealistic goals.

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