Pros
Some genuinely great coworkers. Many strong friendships formed simply from surviving the environment together.
Cons
Severe micromanagement and clear favoritism from leadership. It’s an environment where territory is decided on who hired you and dialing metrics matter far more than the quality of the insurance advice or sales being made. Management openly promotes a fear-based culture, even admitting that making employees uncomfortable is part of their strategy to drive productivity. Concerns raised by the sales team are consistently ignored, which contributes to extremely high turnover. Long hours, nights, weekends, and working through lunch are often expected or strongly encouraged. Adding extra layers of management to cover up the real issues doesn’t work, and openly putting down current and past employees openly caused a toxic atmosphere. The benefits offered favored employees in California leaving NY employees to pay high premiums for families with little coverage. Raises were only offered when there was a crisis like when half the sales team quit in one month.