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      TIAA

      Engaged Employer

      TIAA reviews

      3.7

      65% would recommend to a friend

      (4,015 total reviews)

      Thasunda Brown Duckett

      54% 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

      3.0

      Senior management

      TIAA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,015 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
      3.0
      Jun 22, 2016

      TIAA: Getting desperate and taking too much risk?

      Managing director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Phenomenal heritage Really good investment products Good benefits Historically has been 'one of the good guys' when other financial firms struggled

      Cons

      Currently making some business decisions that seem desperate and far from our heritage and culture. Got behind the industry for 20+ years and is still struggling to catch up during tough financial times

      1.0
      Jan 18, 2014

      Totally dysfunctional - it is like the wild wild west anything goes.

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Not much to say here other than, yes it is in New York and my manager lives on the opposite coast. So I'm to a large extent shielded from bullying tactics and childish behavior.

      Cons

      Like most of the reviewers have mentioned. 1. Totally bad management and leadership that is only getting worse. 2. Passive aggressive, abusive leaders. 3. People who are ethical, honest, meritorious, hard working, humble, work with integrity do not fit in with CREF culture and they will be targeted, psychologically abused for a year or so and then will be fired. I have now seen this cycle for the past 5 years. 4. Great analysts - smart, humble, hardworking, ethical people are let go every year. So the resultant pool gets worse by the year. 4. Middle management is full of bullies, so people who have no ethics, integrity and are brash and dumb will be promoted. It is a self-fulfilling, reinforcing cycle. 5. If you are a person that are a minority, or don't belong to the cliques then you are in big trouble. 6. This is a pattern in every department. It is not isolated to one department. HR, IT all filled with mediocrity and people enduring management abuse, torture and humiliation.

      2.0
      Apr 26, 2024

      Run away

      Technical lead
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Matching retirement savings for employees

      Cons

      CIO and CEO both more interested in their public persona and LinkedIn credibility for their future. Very poorly run, bureaucracy like crazy, poor expense controls led to continuing layoffs ,

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