Thrivent reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,147 total reviews)
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Teresa J. Rasmussen

76% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Thrivent has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,147 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Thrivent 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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4.0
Dec 27, 2016

Overall Great Employer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work/life balance, flexible work schedules and emphasis on giving back to community (even during the work day; employees get generous amount of paid Volunteer Time Off each year).

Cons

Things tend to move very slow and there are often lots of people involved in making decisions (can almost be to a fault). Often times direction/goals can feel very high-level and tactical plans at department-level (at least in my department) are lacking.

1.0
Dec 22, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In theory you control your own schedule and have the freedom to build your own business. Partners in theory have a fair amount of autonomy to grow their region and help to support advisors. They do support a number of charities but they reworked the system so HQ has even more power over where those dollars go than they did before.

Cons

The stated theory above does not actually happen the further you get from Minnesota and Wisconsin. Basically this is just a bunch of old school sales folks forcing product on people using Christ as their way of getting people to trust them. Had a manager tell me I wasn't even allowed to have an opinion until after 6 years. Got railroaded by the regional manager and driven out less than a week after a review where I was told I was doing well.

3.0
Dec 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Thrivent helped me give to my Charities and offered marketing dollars while starting out. Nice local leadership.

Cons

They push you to split deals with others reps, "Joint Field Work." I was pushed to split business on prospects I brought to the table myself which led to me making a lot of money (over $30,000) for someone else that wasn't reciprocated. Also encouraged to poach your church by offering programs under false pretenses. I was discouraged from getting my series 7 which is the best way to build a long term career with Thrivent as you don't get renewals on insurance products. Definitely do your research.

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