Union Standard Insurance Group Reviews

As a current employee, I feel compelled to share my experience working at Union Standard. Unfortunately, I must advise against considering employment here due to significant management issues and a toxic work environment. The leadership, including the president, has created an atmosphere that is detrimental to employee well-being and has led to high levels of stress. Additionally, there is no work-life balance, and the company prohibits remote work, further impacting employees' quality of life. I encourage prospective applicants to carefully consider these factors before applying.

The workload can be entirely inconsistent. At certain points I was drowning in work and at others I was almost harassing managers to volunteer for new projects. As a subsidiary of a larger entity (W. R. Berkley), there are certain requirements imposed upon you by the parent organization that sometimes feel like a complete non-sequitur from all of the other work you do. Management also exists as largely a black box. There is a lot of talk about transparency and open communication, but there is a definite air of secrecy about managerial staff and their intentions. I asked from day one if layoffs were common or likely at this company or in the insurance industry as a whole. All communication both private and from management in town hall meetings reinforced the message that no, the company was fine and layoffs would not happen. I walked into a recurring weekly meeting with my manager, was followed in by HR, and was laid off because of premium shortfall that year. There was no advance notice, I was immediately escorted out, and I was not allowed to speak to any of my coworkers. I have been laid off before, but not like this, and it left an extremely sour taste in my mouth, when before I had nothing but positive things to say about this company.