Unrealistic expectations - Claims Hastings Direct Employee Review

3.0
18 Mar 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fair pay compared to other employers for the same role Senior leadership from Managing Director and above are not the problem it’s everything below

Cons

* There is plenty of room for nepotism here! Its the only way someone is catapulted from claims handler to a third party claims manager in approximately 9 months. The lack of experience is evident in the rapid decline of the department * Unrealistic expectations of staff to maintain a 5 day SLA that was implemented plus 4 years ago to account for approx 400 per head now reaching 700-1100 * They love a spreadsheet - when things go wrong just create another spreadsheet for issue number 56000 add it on there! * Claims not allocated evenly to staff * take on people with no experience * take on leaders that are expected to hit the floor running with their ridiculous KPI expectations * Staff retention is through the floor. * Older loyal staff members are fed up and just leave * Always seem to promote the new staff that seem to like kissing 🍑 * They only like yes people not those that question * like to throw money at staff to do over time thinking it will solve the bigger problem when in reality it causes 95% of the issues * the list is endless

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Hastings Direct Response
2y
It’s disappointing to read the review of your experience and it would be good to have more detail. Please feel free to do this by emailing professionalhires@hastingsdirect.com and quote ref GD188.

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