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Transamerica

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Poor leadership and terrible culture - Anonymous employee Transamerica Employee Review

2.0
10 Nov 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The downtown Denver office is beautiful, and it's in a great location. The benefits are pretty standard; however they do pay for an RTD pass.

Cons

Throughout my time at Transamerica there were numerous layoffs and several reorganization attempts that took a very long time to implement. The result was a disaster... at least from a corporate culture perspective, although I'm sure it helped the profit margins. In addition, everyone feared they were next, which contributed to the negative feel within the organization. In addition to the layoffs, Transamerica demoted everyone's title across the board, so VP's became Directors, Directors became Senior Managers, etc. This is not a company that has anything in mind other than their bottom line, the culture is standoffish and unfriendly and the leadership is poor at best.

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Transamerica Response
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We understand that change can be difficult, especially for the employees who may be affected in different ways. We try to implement plans that take all those affected into consideration and execute the plan as quickly as possible. However, some changes are quicker and easier to implement than others. With the insurance industry and customer expectations continually evolving, we too, need to be agile. In today’s business environment, change can seem to be constant; but with change comes opportunity. I am happy you mentioned the downtown Denver office. The view from the 52nd floor is one of the best in town! Appreciate the feedback.

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Pros

great account management team. Great bosses. pension. decent benefits. managers allow flexibility.

Cons

the account managers are the only ones held accountable. other departments don't answer emails for weeks, don't do their jobs and no one in upper management cares. directly effects account managers so you get yelled at by clients and brokers a lot. don't get paid enough to do the job of the account manager and take on the other departments work.

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