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Insurance Services Office

Now known as Verisk

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Good place to work, but no distinguishing features - Anonymous employee Insurance Services Office Employee Review

4.0
9 Sept 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people that work here are friendly. For the most part, they are supportive and knowledgeable and willing to go the extra mile for the sake of the team. The company is headed in the right direction, and has the leadership that should make it successful for years to come. It's also in a great area of Jersey City, and very close to NYC. The jobs are also pretty stable/secure. My particular job is great. I have learned a lot, I've been challenged, and I'd like to think I have added value.

Cons

The company, as a whole, could do a much better job at showing how much it values its employees. Individual managers are okay at it, but you don't feel that senior leadership really understands how important the employees are. It's a company that does well, but nothing ever happens to really excite the employees. For example, we went public, and outside of us watching senior leadership ring the opening bell, there was no excitement....no party atmosphere (no cake, no breakfast, no gifts, no real thank you to the people who helped make it possible; we just went back to work). They also need to figure out a way to hear the voice of the employees. There are really smart people here, but there's no consistent way of getting their innovative ideas which could possibly add a lot of value.

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5.0
28 Sept 2022
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Pros

-Independent worm from home w little supervision. -Opportunity for advancement -company car

Cons

Travel weekly, occasionally overnight. (Once or twice per month)

3.0
12 Jul 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Friendly atmosphere and flexible hours. Solid benefits package. Employees are encouraged develop as insurance professionals and not criticized for taking exams regardless of the outcome. New employees receive excellent training and more often than not good mentors when they first come to ISO.

Cons

No one has a clear understanding of how the promotion system works as you may see individuals with a distinct skill set and numerous accomplishments having the same or a lower rank than other people in the same division who are not nearly as talented or accomplished. This leads many veterans to accuse the promotion system of being more influenced by personal relationships and connections than actual performance. There is an initiative to seek out talented individuals to fast track them into management roles but the huge flaws in that logic are that a) there are few management positions available because underperforming managers are hard to eliminate no matter how many workers they may alienate b) not every good worker is suited to be a manager and c) there is no attention paid to what happens when an excellent worker gets promoted and there aren’t qualified analysts to fill their position. The lack of attention and resources directed towards the pool of talented workers who are not in management has led to many individuals burning out and becoming complacent or leaving the company as their voices are either not heard or disregarded as there have been few, if any substantive changes in procedures over the past decade.

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