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Transamerica

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Transamerica reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(1,946 total reviews)

Will Fuller

76% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Transamerica has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,946 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
3.0
Feb 26, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Transamerica Retirement Services has a lot of nice people who have been at the company a long time. The company offers good benefits and salaries generally seem to be fair, if not above average. They offer a lot of training to get employees up to speed with products and legislation, as well as to improve skills.

Cons

Very little innovation in this company (just look at the dated website). The people who have been at the company for 10-20+ years are nice but are pretty much stuck in their ways; new ideas are met with a lot of resistance. The company got hammered during the recession and doesn't seem to be doing much to adopt to a new world order. Executives almost all come from within the company; very few outsiders seem to want to work for TRS.

4.0
Feb 22, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Transamerica is a big contributor to the local community. It give mes a sense of pride to work there.

Cons

Until 3 years ago, Transamerica had not had a major lay-off in the 10 years I have been here. Unfortunately, teh economy has caused the company to cut back several times in the last couple of years.

1.0
Jan 29, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

None!! The company only looks out for the Upper Management. I worked for 6 years as an Applications Analyst, and only made $38,000/yr, and DOUBLED my salary by leaving, and taking a LATERAL position elsewhere. Was then BAD MOUTHED by my past supervisor after I left.

Cons

Worked for close to HALF of what the average salary is for an Applications Analyst. Had a supervisor who has now started to bad mouth me to potential employers causing me to almost not get a new job while unemployed. They don't communicate changes effectively either.

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