USAA reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(7,663 total reviews)
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Juan C. Andrade

44% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

USAA has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 7,663 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
2.0
Jun 4, 2019

Terrible and Mediocre Management Rewarded

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay scales in several parts of the company.

Cons

USAA epitomizes that saying, "People leave managers, not companies." But executive management have their heads in the sand and can't see (or don't want to) that their policies and directives get killed by managers and directors. So employees have to put up with incompetent and unqualified mid-managers that keep getting rewarded...meanwhile their lives are miserable. CEO is concerned that employees are frightened to speak out. WELL YES! They are afraid. The "speak up" systems in place are a joke because people know it's a rigged system. And it appears that NO ONE cares about the results of the big employee survey that's given once a year. In 2018, not a peep was mentioned about the results. Why? Because they were awful?

2.0
Apr 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Mission. Company has a good concept and lots of great ideas in theory.

Cons

Disorganized. Pay is low for the industry. Do more work for less money compared to competitors. Managers influence toxicity in the workplace including gossip. Promotes based on favoritism, nepotism vs. experience and promotability.

2.0
Mar 28, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

*Excellent 401(k) match *Friendly and caring coworkers *On-site amenities such as Starbucks, a fitness center, and more

Cons

*Since Stuart Parker became CEO, the emphasis seemed to shift from caring about members and employees to being driven by bottom line only *Too many cooks in the kitchen when it comes to decision making; process improvements are made at a snail's pace (if at all) due to extremely bureaucratic environment *Promotions and hiring are largely based on who you know, not your experience or talent *Within the HR realm, there is a huge imbalance when it comes to how many people work in the Centers of Excellence (way too few) and how many are HRBPs (way too many) *The leadership team is gradually becoming more and more disconnected from the needs of the frontline employees *The pay is NOT competitive, particularly if you have worked at USAA more than a couple of years *The benefits used to be great but since switching from Humana to Aetna, the service and coverage have drastically decreased; additionally, the education benefit is wonderful to have but it is managed so ineffectively that it makes it super difficult for employees to use *There are way too many channels for submitting feedback and ideas; the organization could greatly benefit from having fewer but better-managed channels for communication *Very limited opportunities for career growth outside of the San Antonio office

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