TIAA reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,017 total reviews)

Thasunda Brown Duckett

54% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

TIAA has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,017 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
Jun 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

health benefits and retirement package friendly co-workers

Cons

Pattern of poor executive leadership and ineffective ability to execute on a strategy. Marketing and IT leadership are not innovative; have built layers of middle management and have surrounded themselves with Yes people Outdated technology and IT infrastructure Lack of accountability

2.0
May 28, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent bonus structure. You can succeed if you're a positive and social person even without experience.

Cons

Few leaders have basic business acumen or understanding of basic metric analysis. It's a very fake it till you make it environment, those that succeed are those the will tote whatever bs company line or new initiative in a positive light. Objective analysis and facts are not relevant to decision making. Leaders are obsessed over their own score cards, not developing a better business. No incentive to stay in any one position so everyone in company is just looking for their next job. Too much bureaucracy and lack of flexibility not at all "day 1" company. Getting out classed by competition and don't react accordingly; instead, we try to retain assets through persuasion rather than improving actual products or services. Training for new employees is also kind of a joke they know nothing when they get on the floor despite you paying them for 6 months.

1.0
May 5, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of great, talented, hardworking employees. Opportunity to help people.

Cons

Call Center. You will take non-stop calls ... all day long ... all year long where everything you do is monitored, graded, and critiqued - even your bathroom breaks. Technology - constant churn out of barely functioning new systems with no training and or notification makes life stressful. Training - very weak - constantly churning systems and processes make it impossible for training to keep up. Stress - I have never seen so many people go out on disability Metrics tied to compensation are constantly changing and poorly communicated Too many people with special deals with their managers that essentially allow them to hardly ever be on the phone - all in an under-staffed workplace with high call volumes.

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