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
3.0
Jul 25, 2017

TIAA: It Depends Where You Are

Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are great. It depends where you work in the firm. Some areas are much better than others.

Cons

A large, bloated, slow-moving bureaucracy. In many ways, its "The Truman Show", like a company stuck in the 1970s. If you can tolerate a stale corporate culture that talks a good game about progress but then doesn't do much about it, you'll fit right in.

1.0
Jun 15, 2017

Wealth Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Retirement Perks, Some nice co workers, I can't think of anything else. I really can't. Not 20 words. Seriously?

Cons

Where to begin- changing work contracts after you sign them, Changing metrics to force an outcome, asking us to do things that don't make sense for the customers. Don't take your vacation, someone on another team might steal business from you while you're away .

3.0
Jan 21, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great pay, great products, great colleagues

Cons

there is very high pressure to hit extremely aggressive goals, you are given 6 months and then put on a PIP or released if you are not at 80% goal. new management brought on from wirehouses who are driving the business just like commission sales but still trying to maintain the mantra of "doing the right thing for the client". annual bonuses come out in March of the following year and you must still be in the role to get the bonus even though there is a grid that pays you out basis points on what you sell like a commission. you are essentially trapped unless you want to abandon your bonus.

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