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      TIAA

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      TIAA reviews

      3.7

      65% would recommend to a friend

      (4,018 total reviews)

      Thasunda Brown Duckett

      55% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      TIAA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,018 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
      2.0
      Jul 4, 2012

      Been wanting to write this for sometime

      Senior it engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay and benefits were good. The option to telecommute. Getting out of there was the best thing that ever happened to me in my career. Required to write unnecessary documentation but needless to say, I came out on top for having to do so. Took what I learned to help other companies. So, I want to give a big thanks to the person who actually helped me and thought they were hurting me.

      Cons

      - Managers do not listen to their team members - Team leads can yell and scream at Team members and Business users and Managers do nothing about it. - Lots of backstabbing of others, very two faced atmosphere. - Had to learn new applications with no training. - Cursing and yelling is common place for Team leaders - The outsourced consultants were treated poorly - Overall, the worse place I have ever been employed in my 20 years of IT.

      2.0
      Jul 2, 2012

      Politics trump people; White Males need not apply

      Upper management
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The line employees really care about the values of the company and work extraordinarily hard. Having been a monopoly for 75 years of its existence gives TIAA financial stability that few other companies can offer.

      Cons

      The management is generally self-serving and focused upon self-preservation. The Board at TIAA is way too involved in the business. Definitely look into that aspect of this employer before accepting a job, The Boards is made up at least 50% of academics who know nothing about running a business. Rather, they make decisions based upon social norming. Meaning that at TIAA they would rather hire/promote a person based upon their race than performance. I have personally heard senior leadership state they want to bend EEO laws so they can avoid hiring White males.

      3.0
      Jun 27, 2012

      My experience working at TIAA CREF was interesting.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some of the people you get to know and work with at the company were very fun to work with and not to mention that they were very talented in their given fields.

      Cons

      The cliches were a bit too much at times to deal with. Also while you had people who were willing to share information to help you achieve a goal there were others who felt threatened by people who are intelligent and willing to go the extra mile to help others.

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