Unum reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(1,427 total reviews)
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Rick McKenney

62% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Unum has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,427 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Unum employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews
4.0
Jul 29, 2012

Good company to work for.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity for advancement, company is involved in the community, employee benefits are good

Cons

Will think about this one.

2.0
Jan 27, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is decent, in particular given the location. Benefits such as health insurance (for the whole family) and pension contributions are among the best available.

Cons

This is not a tech company, despite their best efforts to look like one. Reward and recognition are not correlated with good work, but rather with saying the right things, agreeing with the right people, and not disagreeing with the wrong people. Company structure is very hierarchical and very siloed. It's hard to get things done without lots of red tape. Annual leave starts at 22 days and reaches 25 after five years of employment. Not the absolute minimum, but also not much more. Flexibility is mostly a one-way street: Depending on your team or role, you might need to give up quite a few weekend days, for free. There is no compensation formally in place for weekend work - "come in late on Monday" is normally the best you can hope for. This is hit and miss, though, as it very much depends on your manager. There's an undertone of a lack of professionalism throughout the company, particularly at management level. Several of the managers (and indeed others) have never worked anywhere else and are where they are because they have prioritised getting promoted over delivering quality work. Information flows primarily through gossip.

1.0
Jul 5, 2019

Appalling employer with zero regard for employee wellbeing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Did offer flexible working, although feel I was given that more by luck than design.

Cons

No one dared to cross the highly incompetent and corrupt management. Those who did were given a black mark. They have a track record of forcing people out of the organisation if they became too challenging in a very unpleasant manner. Frightened of employing anyone with real talent as this would show up just how clueless and backward senior management are. Actively seem to employ managers who have zero empathy or any human qualities. Considering they are a "wellbeing" company their own practices are particularly shameful and deserve to be exposed.

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