Securian Financial Reviews

In my four years at Securian, I found management to be friendly, but incompetent. My directly leaders didn't know how to do my daily responsibilities and were basically held hostage by their direct reports that are colloquially referred to as "knowledge hoarders." In both divisions I've worked in, I've had to befriend senior employees in order to earn essential training to effectively do my job. Lazy, toxic coworkers aren't held accountable for their actions and the unpleasant work environment they create. I've watched colleagues accidentally wire hundreds of thousands of dollars to the wrong place and lose multi-million dollar clients due to their ignorance and suffer zero consequences. Securian does a great job of marketing themselves at as an employer of choice that "has a knack for recognizing potential," but I haven't found that to be true. It's all branding and talk. If you're a high performer, you'll be rewarded with extra work while your colleagues send each other memes all day. My manager has told me that you have to go above at beyond for at least 3 years to actually get the promotion and the raise for the job you've already been doing. Promotions don't go to people that earn them, they go to folks that have been doing the job the longest. Securian doesn't reward talent, they reward loyalty. Unfortunately, that means you'll be stuck working with a team of unambitious, low performers who actively fight change just so they can max out their pension. Don't be shocked when those same people get promoted. When technology and software issues arise, which they frequently do, because Securian avoids investing in infrastructure, IT will ignore and avoid the issue until you find a workaround, and once you do find a workaround, they'll immediately make the issue a low priority. That means they'll make plans to resolve it in 3-5 years, if ever.

Well below industry pay. Company is more committed to downtown St. Paul than they are their own employees. They just want warm bodies in the office and don't care that production will go down. Securian is getting more and more political and the culture of the company has greatly changed. They have sold off hundreds of jobs in the last 6-9 months with no care to the impact of those employees. With the direction of the company, I'd bet they will be requiring 3+ days in the office soon. I'd also bet the pension gets removed as a benefit because they are struggling to get and keep employees long term since the culture is deteriorating and the salaries are low.