Travelers reviews

Many of the positive company reviews for Travelers are from employees located in Headquarters - Hartford, Ct. However, the Houston office is nothing to be desired. At many levels, management has turned a blind eye to the high work load and poor morale that hovers over this department. As a result, turnover is excessive!! Seventeen employees have left the company (from this department alone) since January 2013. When employees leave, their work load is distributed (unevenly) to the remaining employees, most of whom have been with the company less than a year. Training sucks! If you ask 3 different people the same question you will get 3 completely different answers. I won't bother getting into the office politics but just know that it is a bit extreme in the Houston office.

- Promotions are made based on image vs. what you know. Junior people are promoted to senior levels with minimal experience while folks with superior skills, experience and track records are overlooked. - You'll need a "Mommy" or "Daddy" in senior management to coordinate your career for you. Your individuality, initiative, drive and style will get you nowhere, you'll have to emulate theirs. - More than once since working there I've woken up to discover the "Management Gods" had decided a new, ill defined role would be suit me better than the one I had. Career plan? Yeah, right. - Hartford is a dead city. A one mile walk in any direction from the downtown office threatens bodily harm. - "That's Travelers," is an oft heard refrain used to describe the place's heavily bureaucratic, hierarchical and political way of life. It means associates have accepted this as their "fate," never a good sign. - Roles are fragmented and compartmentalized until nobody owns anything. Don't expect to act independently, expect to work through layers of bureaucracy and personality to achieve modest goals.