Very set in their ways. Hard to change. - Anonymous employee State Farm Employee Review

4.0
26 Nov 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is good for performance. Agents offices can be flexible depending on which agent you work for. Some agents are very difficult and some are great. When you get an agent that is supportive of your efforts it makes the job easier and rewarding. Agent staff are always in demand. If you do not work well with one agent you can usually find a job elsewhere very easily but be careful because they talk to each other and if you do something that they dislike they will tell other agents much like the staff who talks to other office staff about which agents are difficult.

Cons

Agents staff not given recognition for the importance of being the first line with the customer. The computer systems are not user friendly and are archaeic. When the system causes the user to repeat information already given you can not serve the customer in the best possible way and the customer sees it as the user not being able to do their job. Agent staff gets very little support from corporate. Corporate should realize the importance of the person working directly with the customer

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
8 Mar 2018
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Pros

(At the time) Fair pay and predictable bonus structure They were pretty good at covering travel expenses and paying them back quickly Diverse workforce & diversity initiatives Fun and funny coworkers Opportunities for growth Again, this was all four years ago and has likely changed

Cons

(At the time and now, according to other comments) Arrogant to a fault Total lack of innovation & willingness to innovate Odd attachment to the company's past (which prevents progress) High number of veterans (20+ years) who are determined to get that retirement money, and therefore, are resistant to change and technology Heavy reliance on command and control management style Poor decision-making that leads to losses of all kinds

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