AIG reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(7,536 total reviews)

Peter Zaffino

71% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

AIG has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 7,536 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AIG employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Seguros industry (3.6 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Apr 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not much good can be said about the company, if you are in a group where your opinions are valued, you might get some experience out of it. Early car service at 8pm.

Cons

Sweatshop environment, work hours in the finance community is usually till midnight on quarter ends and 8 or 9 normally and weekend work including major holidays (so goodbye july 4th bbq). Extremely old fashion culture where usage of new technology was faced with much resistant (think printing calculator instead of MS Excel). This caused very slow production cycles and bottlenecks for everyone and those who were efficient now seemed they don't have enough work. Male dominated senior management where women managers seem to have to stay extra late and work extra hard to just get invited to the party, very unprofessional behavior can be seen coming from senior male management. Horrible review system, one is rated against others in the same pay grade but not necessary the same function. Managers who have never spoken or worked with you gets to vote if you are an above average performer, so if your manager is outspoken and willing to fight for you against other managers, you get a better rating and thus a merit award. However, will s/he willing to hurt a relationship with another manager?

2.0
Mar 29, 2014

Unstable and Hypocritical Leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A rated AM Best Company; best products in the marketplace; hard working and loyal employees.

Cons

Those that stuck it out through the hard times of 2008 were told that they would be rewarded for their loyalty. Instead, we are faced with forced ranking, jobs being shipped overseas and consultants. The latest trend is consolidation of regions into one (Chicago and Cleveland; Dallas and Houston; LA/ San Francisco etc.). The latest mission statement was to be closer to the customer, which is a contractraction. Many lost their jobs yesterday, and the consolidation of regions will cost many more jobs in addition to "WOW" which will shut down profit centers. Technology is a joke. I still use Windows 2003 as an operating system.

2.0
Mar 13, 2014

Vice President

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Was an exciting place to grow and be innovative. if you had spunk, the world was your oyster

Cons

Reporting to a matrix is ridiculous. No one can make a decision and when you do you are told you overstepped your boundaries, RPR process is brutal. Multi facited goals are given and you must accomplish all - HOWEVER, the ONLY goal that matters is the moving financial goal. They have you running around checking boxes when in the end, none of it matters. They know in August ( after only 2 Qs of trying to achieve your goals ) who they are ranking high or low. You are either a "chosen one" or not. If they give you a 4 you are blackballed in the company- don't expect any development even if they tell you, "you" are not a 4. 1&2s receive stay interviews & development oportunities HOWEVER, they do not have to be dynamic individuals, just those luckily enough to be handed an easy portfolio to manage. Forced rankings and now internal consulting "wow" are shutting down profit centers. The only jobs available are on the science team - all ivy league with 6 figure salaries- NO ONE in science has yet produced any ground breaking profit for the company.

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