USAA reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(7,673 total reviews)
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Juan C. Andrade

43% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

USAA has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 7,673 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
1.0
Jun 24, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Health benefits, 401K matching, childcare facility on campus

Cons

Constantly micro-managed and made to feel inferior of management. Reprimanded for being off the phone to take a leak or catch your breath after taking several 15-20 minute calls back to back. Its all about attempting to get members to buy products many of them can't afford in this economy. Most of the members already have life insurance through the military or their employer, bank with someone locally, and don't qualify for car loans and home loans through USAA because they are super conservative with their lending practices. And that's okay, but don't penalize employees because a member has made a conscious decision to not go into more debt with a new credit card or chooses to invest with a financial advisor he can recognize in a crowded room and not some stranger over the phone pretending to have a relationship with. The compensation for selling property & casualty insurance products is obsolete. There is no commission when you get a member to buy a new personal property or renters policy or open a checking or savings acct, but you better darn well do it or expect a verbal beatdown from your manager. Where is the motivation for real sales people when you pay so little bi-weekly. Instead you're to depend on an annual bonus determined by the USAA Gods and which you aren't guaranteed to get. You have no control over your own paycheck like a real sales job, but rest assured this is a sales job!! The members are getting younger and less educated by the minute so in this economy they don't see the value in anything except their car insurance. Everyone I know is looking for another job, but its a tough market so they are miserable, stressed out and in fear of losing their job.

1.0
May 10, 2024

Avoid at all costs

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They have a good cafeteria and gym.

Cons

Bombarded with DEI training at the expense of regulatory, job skill, and customer service training. Value profits for than customers, pushing for crooked sales practices. If you don't kiss up to executives like AVP Vinny Monaco they send otherwise incompetent directora like Mike Mitchell (worst leader I have ever encountered in my adult life) to engineer a reason to fire you (especially if you are approaching retirement). Openly demand employees back their political causes and target people for using FMLA to care for themselves or loved ones. Offer a dialog program if you feel unjustly dealt with but all for show (HR people luke Susan Rankin just there to cover for the executives like Vinny they socialize with out of office). CEO has no military experience or knowledge and has done his best to purge the company of tenured employees who remember the days we used to actually follow our mission. Unless executives like you don't expect raises or bonuses or promotions.

1.0
Apr 2, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Insurance on day one, yay! It used to be a great place to work but NOT anymore.

Cons

They will tell you they care about you, until you become an employee. Then you’ll realize they don’t actually care. They just need a seat warmer. You’ll just be a number and easily expendable, too. They also do not have the IT support especially for remote workers. They track everything and then hold the wait time against you, when they can’t provide the IT support & resources necessary to get help in a timely manner. They say they know there is an issue with getting IT support but there is little to no improvement on the frontline.

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