USAA reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(7,693 total reviews)
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Juan C. Andrade

41% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

USAA has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 7,693 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The USAA 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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8K reviews
4.0
Dec 22, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits, Great Top Leadership. Inspiring Company and inspiring members who make you LOVE the work you do. The core values of USAA are to do the right thing for the members who are also the owners of the company. The compensation, workplace facilities, and bonuses are the best anywhere.

Cons

1. If you get saddled with an old school manager, they usually want to maintain the status quo at ALL costs and often have never worked at outside companies. The Peter principle applies because while they promote within, sometimes they fill the gap with people nit qualified or suited for the position. Those same managers refuse to let you move on or away so it becomes a hangman's noose. 2. Directors and AVPs often want to implement some new strategy to make their mark and get promoted. The hallmarks of USAA are stability and growth comes from customer loyalty where the customer never questions the company's integrity or motivation. This has changed due to mid level management competition and they will sacrifice any frontline employees to achieve their personal goals regardless of the benefit to USAA or members. 3. Front line employees are easily expendable wile managers are insular and work very hard to protect their own. This should be the opposite and front line employees should feel empowered by managers, not fear them 4. Credit received is never accurate. The accounting system for assigning credit to an employee changes every few months and is based on a 1970's code that just can't do the job no mater how many fixes they add. Some reps find ways to take credit for some achievements where they simply had contact and the bulk of the real work (the real reason it was achieved) was done by another who had that credit stolen from them. It is highly skewed, inaccurate and highly unfair.

4.0
Nov 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good projects with customer impact. Complexity sufficient to hold interest. Bonus structure good. Business casual (IF everyone contributes to the United Way - the entire company is held to this though). Retirement plan is solid (great company match). Work/life balance not too shabby.

Cons

Severe information control. If you're an analyst, you give the info to your direct (plus a script so they 'look good') and they play telephone up through the C-level circle. It's a poor habit. Sometimes backbiting can occur when peers or managers may be threatened by errors you uncovered. Some execs do not understand the long game with quant analysis. Poor models may be 'ok' in the short term, but nearly always fail in the longer - and they can do nothing but react. These VPs are never held accountable to forcing their subordinates to cut corners.

3.0
Sep 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, great training, proud company culture, decent beginning pay, excellent facilities, great 401k plan, promotion opportunity, bonuses

Cons

Work/life balance is very hard. Very micromanaged. Push way too hard for referrals. Workload is unmanageable without working overtime. No time off phones to complete assigned work. Although training is extensive it in no way prepares you for the stress and overall unpleasantness of the job.

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