The systems department nurtures and grows mediocre performance from its IT staff. - Technical Analyst State Farm Employee Review

4.0
13 Aug 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Work/Life Balance is great at State Farm. I think the company does attempt to create policies that treat employees well. The pay is fair considering the work. I'm not sure that is the case in all departments, but it is in systems.

Cons

The systems department nurtures and grows mediocre performance from its IT staff. Not enough challenges! You are placed into a 'role' that is responsible for a sliver of the project or a sliver of the service work. If you want a job where you will gain enough knowledge about IT and systems that you can really grow your career, this is probably not the best place for you. I say probably because some people really succeed in this company, but it is very difficult. You would need to move around a lot to other areas. On the other hand if you like to surf the Internet, there are many ‘roles’ that have that kind of free time.

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5.0
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Pros

Great leadership, great culture, work-life balance

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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