The Hartford reviews

3.8

71% would recommend to a friend

(4,265 total reviews)
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Christopher Swift

80% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

The Hartford has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 4,265 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Hartford employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jun 26, 2018

They Don't Care About You

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Generous PTO, 401K, training, mentorships, opportunities to move to different departments, work from home.

Cons

The pay is below par with the industry. Bonuses are also below par, or non-existent. Since they changed CEOs they changed things and it only got worse. There is no retirement pension. Training is intense through webex with like 8 other people, not with someone individually showing you. It takes a long time. They have webex quizzes for everything, including company policies. For some things, it would be better to read a piece of paper and sign it so you can get on with your work. There are some long term employees, but that was when they had a different CEO and the work process was different. I have seen whole departments in the office change. I have seen one long term employee be forced into retirement. Since them people were leaving and all new employees took their place. That was not a good sign. This is a good company to learn and intern, but not for a long term career. They do not have a retirement pension. Too much micromanagement. The coaching can be disruptive and can only give you negative feedback. Managers will ask other teammates about you so just be aware. They say they don't base your performance on metrics but they shove it in your face when you're behind and/or below your peers. This is very much a high pressure job, and it isn't even an executive position. They can reassign a manager to you, after you gained a good rapport with the manager you had and give you someone who is quite different, not easy to get along with, very clinical, and/or only cares about their numbers But it doesn't stop there . They can reassign of people you assist, and/or reassign the agents they work with is not a good idea. They say they do this to balance the workload. It's never a good idea to switch up people who already have a good professional relationship with those they work with and the agents they work with. Agents told me they were confused and frustrated. Some of the platforms used to process accounts on the computer are complicated and take too long to process one account. I had to help show some of the newly hired people I worked with how to use them because they were lost. And this took time out of my work. They have streamlined some of the process. Even though this is a large 200 year old company, they need to get with the times. You have a backup person, but don't be surprised if that person doesn't have time to help you. You can come back from vacation and nobody did any of your work, even though you caught up before you left, you are back to where you started. You are forced to add responsibilities to your job, but not willing to pay for it when you are actually doing the work. I was hired for one department, only to have another department added that I had to be trained for and it added to my workload, but not my paycheck. The ongoing training to learn the new procedures and department accounts eats up the time and your work just piles up. Too many team meetings and town hall meetings. This is disruptive to the heavy workload. Some of these team meetings were a waste of time. If you are non-exempt, you don't always get the OT when you need to catch up in work or do a special project. It depends on your manager. Morale in the office sucks. No real parties for the holidays, unless they invite you to join a small group to go out. The office is a quiet place. I only went to lunch a few time with others. Mostly they stick to their small groups. The office manager doesn't care.

2.0
Sep 4, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

All attys work remotely (at home) so no daily commuting and hours are a bit flexible. Good if have kids. Co. pays for internet fee, and has an app so can use your cell phone instead of co. cell phone

Cons

Extremely stressful and very overworked. Most attys leave after a year or two. The only ones who stay are much older and/ or had been with the company for many years before co went remote. Always short on staff. Expected to do a lot of secretarial work so co does not have to pay OT to support staff. No paralegals to help attys.

1.0
Jun 1, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Remote Work is nice. They have a nice logo and ignorant management so you can pay whatever amount you like on a claim to make it go away. The team leaders and Field Managers mostly have no idea how to work a property claim so they won't know the difference. Just my opinion.

Cons

All of this is my opinion. The Hartford became the worst in the last 18 months. The company switched outside Property Reps to hourly and are having them work 60 to 80 claims a month. The outside reps now basically stay home all day staring at a computer reviewing contractor estimates. The Hartford is trying to save money by reducing staff, not use IA's and just desk handling anything below $100k. The middle management has been charged with cutting expenses. Never mind the fact the company over pays nearly every single claim now, they saved a couple million on salary while over paying $100 million on claim payments. Since middle management is meeting staff expense cutting goals (while gutting quality staff) they get bonuses while the company gets destroyed. Contractors are having a field day though. Again, this is just my opinion from working at the Hartford.

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