Is Transamerica a good company to work for?

Transamerica has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 2,231 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 2% over the last 12 months. 63% of employees would recommend working at Transamerica to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Transamerica have been left by employees working as Intern , Actuarial Analyst and Sales Associate .

Does Transamerica pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Transamerica employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Transamerica. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Transamerica?

63% of Transamerica employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Transamerica 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Transamerica?

Customer Service Representative (75) , Insurance Agent (44) , Internal Wholesaler (28) , Manager (27) , Account Manager (23) , Insurance Sales Agent (22) , Business Analyst (21) , Financial Advisor (18) , Analyst (17) , Agent (16) , Director (15) , Retirement Plan Specialist (15) , Sales Representative (15) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (14) , Actuarial Analyst (13)

What are the pros of working at Transamerica according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work around and brings positivity and hope to those you work with." ((in 201 reviews)); "Good benefits nearly free diabetic supplies and medicine" ((in 168 reviews)); "Work/life balance was good and looked after by management." ((in 75 reviews)); "Lots of flexibility, work from home, great location, ecopass" ((in 64 reviews)); "My coworkers are great." ((in 32 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Transamerica according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor and not very professional." ((in 108 reviews)); "low pay and the organzation in general is not well organized" ((in 80 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs over the last 5" ((in 48 reviews)); "No training for management" ((in 43 reviews)); "Upper management is clueless and bad at communicating" ((in 36 reviews))

What are employees saying about Transamerica layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Transamerica layoffs and their outlook for job security at Transamerica in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Transamerica locations?

Cedar Rapids , Denver , Baltimore , Saint Petersburg , Los Angeles , Plano , New York , Harrison , Dallas , Little Rock , Atlanta , Norwood , Exton , Chicago , Tampa , Charlotte , San Jose , Boston , Saint Louis , Louisville , Saint Paul , Cincinnati , West Chester , Philadelphia , San Diego , Indianapolis , Columbus , Des Moines , Duluth , Madison

Transamerica reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(1,944 total reviews)

Will Fuller

75% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

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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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

1.0

Sep 11, 2018

Don't waste your time

Sales agent

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Couple nice people that really want to succeed because they feel it's their last option.

Cons

* Constant lying to recruits to get them to watch a video and sign up * Bullying tactics of making a recruit feel worthless if they quit * Cold calling resumes to get people to sign up and lie about the position * A recruit must give out a reference sheet then the agent calls that reference sheet to try to sell life insurance * Agents will force you to recruit and sell to get their promotion to Senior Marketing Director and further. * Will make you a sale pitch of it's your own business and you can build your own agency when technically you're working for Transamerica * Horrible training. Instead of training you about life insurance they only focus on recruit. * Everything is recruiting based and not much about selling a service.

2.0

Dec 13, 2017

Never recomend this company to anybody

Operations processing specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome benefits and 401K. Group of people in West Chester Ohio were the best people to work with. To bad you let them go.

Cons

Nothing really good to say about the company as a whole. Management doesn't care about their employee's and their success. Closed up location in Ohio and displaced many hard working good people who have been with the company for 20 or more years and didn't offer anybody to transfer within the company.

Transamerica Response

8y

I very much appreciate you taking the time to leave feedback, and highlighting some of the highs and lows. Transamerica employs are hard working, caring, and community driven people across all of our locations. The decision to consolidate some facilities was done, in part, to maintain a viable business for another 100+ years. It was also to help Transamerica be more nimble, in an ever changing industry, and position us to better serve our customers. Knowing that certain business decisions were going to impact some good people, was difficult and not taken lightly.

1.0

Oct 8, 2017

Retirement products

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The better job option in the area.

Cons

9/18/2017 Funny quote from Transamerica found here. "We have free online trainings for all employees to use, as well as an annual goal setting process to help set up all for success." I have tried several times to schedule these and have always been rejected die to business needs or it's something that is not available in our department. The annual goal settings are a joke and they can change sometimes just a few months before annual reviews.

Transamerica Response

8y

Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad to hear you enjoy the environment here at Transamerica. We try to show our employees how much we appreciate them by paying them adequately, the BRAVO recognition program in place and celebrating Employee Appreciation week in the month of June. We are always welcoming new ideas to approach this. As far as offering free online trainings to all employees – this is true. Some are free and some may be provided at a cost. If the training does incur a fee, the manager will have to approve this training. Due to allotted budgets in each department, I would encourage you to look into the free trainings as a first option. We wish you much success in your career.

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