Liberty Mutual Insurance reviews

The people were really tough. Many long time employees (30+ years) that were set in their ways and resisted change at every opportunity. I was not part of my boss' inner circle, and thus I never got promoted in 4 years, or had a significant salary adjustment neither. I didn't have a champion or mentor and that was very unfortunate. Who gets promoted and why people keep receiving performance awards is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. But do trust me, it was not necessarily for getting the job done on time, schedule, or budget. I came with a very significant toolkit that included analytics, process improvement, lean and six sigma, and it was severely frowned upon if I wanted to leverage any of those tools. My job was to manage projects, period. No opportunity or space to provide added value, at least in my case.

If you're a management favorite or can make someone higher up than you look good to their management, you can do no wrong. Ol' boys club at its worst. Many teams are clique-ish and if you don't drink the Kool Aid, you'll never be accepted. As another reviewer stated: "Suggesting employees become developers through a training program isn't transforming your workforce, it's forcing square pegs into round holes. " I thought this would be the company I retire with, but sadly they are apparently no longer interested in being an 'insurance company' and instead are trying to change themselves into the next Apple or Google. Entire job families are being eliminated under the guise of 'becoming agile' when it's really a thinly-veiled excuse to offload folks with higher compensation/benefit packages/seniority. Why keep a reliable long-timer on staff when you can get some IT geek fresh out of college for half the salary? Staff are 'encouraged to apply for any position that interests them' but HR is doing nothing to help people stay with the company.