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Transamerica

Part of Aegon

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Transamerica reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,944 total reviews)

Will Fuller

75% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Transamerica has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,944 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Transamerica employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
May 4, 2016

Bad culture, bad leadership

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company is family friendly and there was a good work-life balance. Other than that there really are not any other pros.

Cons

Terrible leadership that has made bad decisions for years which has resulted in massive layoffs. It is the equivalent of corporate game of thrones.

1.0
Apr 14, 2016

Falling Apart

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can be fully mediocre and not only maintain your employment but you will still stand a good chance of getting promoted assuming you remain agreeable and you never question orders. The work life balance is pretty good. The place is a ghost town outside of the normal 9-5 hours. Lots of people "work" from home often.

Cons

All but a very small minority of management became managers by hanging around long enough to, as another reviewer said, "under-achieve their way into management roles". You can't trace their rise to management positions to any achievements or noteworthy successes, but you can clearly trace them to someone else's mistake or a senior manager seeking toady/ obsequious (pause while they look these words up) underlings.

1.0
Mar 31, 2016

horrible office to work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are many good people working at TA, you just have to find them.

Cons

Unprofessional and unethical leadership on the office level.

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