Working at Progressive Insurance — Reviews by Employees

OK....APPARENTLY MR. BOSS saw my post and FLAGGED it BEFORE HR...who by the way DOES review this site, saw it, so that he can keep his LACK of knowledge, inability to do his job effectively, and very active ...ahem... work- life balance a secret. NO MORE BUDDY!!! I see you EVERYDAY! I know what you DO...and more importantly what you DON'T DO!!! I am not afraid of YOU OR YOUR THREATS!!!!! Isn't it FUNNY that you have been on your BEST behavior the last couple of days??? We ALL see you for who you are...a LAZY, do nothing, that knows NOTHING. How long before upper management gets a clue? But then again, most of them are women, who you have OBVIOUSLY created "BONDS" with,.....The Truth will prevail MR.!!! Hope you can afford your lifestyle on unemployment!

I am so very happy with Progressive. The pay is excellent, as are the yearly bonuses - even though rumor has it that they will be going away for non-management employees, like me. I am widely respected by my colleagues for what I do. I am so fortunate to have health benefits, particularly in this economy. My co-workers are competent, and management is exceptional. The work environment is clean and healthy, and location is terrific, particularly as I do not have to pay for parking. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, Progressive, for giving me this wonderful opportunity to work for you. I hope that the rumored upcoming reductions in force in IT do not impact me. But, even if they do, the education and experience I have gained working at Progressive is invaluable.

How much do trainers (corporate or otherwise) earn annually at Progressive Insurance in the northeast? I know a business acquaintance who says she earns six figures as a trainer but I thought only managers had the potential to earn six figures. I work for an agency and will probably never earn that much.

My pay has dropped significantly over the years. Benefits have decreased, costs have gone up?, My immediate supervisors respect me. I have more experience and knowledge than they do. I don't have any security. They randomly put you on warnings, trying to get you to quit. It's too hard to fire someone and not get sued, so they don't like to do that, never quit, unless something better comes along, i.e. 'poking yourself in the eye with a hit stick'. I make my own work/life balance. It's impossible to do all the expectations without spending your life at work. Therefore I don't meet expectations. They promoted so many inexperienced people that pretend they know what they are talking about, it's fun to watch. Great location, but it's closing soon. Co-workers, good and bad, just like any other workplace. Work environment, they keep it like a griddle w/a little grease, turning it up now and then, just so you don't know exactly when they will fry you. They can't get it thru their heads that customers service is driven by service, not numbers. Too many supervisors wasting too much time on numbers and charts instead of the customers.

Any advice for someone being forced out now on STO's?
Any way to get severance instead of fired?

This is a test.

Respect. No. false. Pretending. They dont care.
Cow orker competence. I hav to take 40 claim a day and the new one next to me only 5. and I have to learn the policy of 30 states and we get paid the same
Pay are you joking? Centralization has created an army of grunts with no hope of promotion. Wages are poor and non competitive. It use to be that a rep could do everything. Now there is no opportunity for development. Everytime there is a texas comment then Monday there is activity to pretend to address the issue or activity to pretend its not a problem here.
Benefits ha ha gone to the doctor lately? How much did aetna pay. Its gonna get worst
Work environmet, better than the past. There is a push to make it better, credit were its due.
Location, as always they cheap out
Job security they keep taking them out quietly silently so you wont notice not only texas butt all over
Career development, for what. No promos. The few promos go to anointed ones. Interviews a sham.

RUN! If you are a new or prospective employee RUN!
Progressive does not care about you, you are nothing but a number
Progressive will overwork you and add more on top of that
Progressive will intimidate you, make you feel incompetent and worthless
Progressive will use your emotional breakdown in their favor by making you feel as though you have to work overtime to be a better employee
Progressive will push you to the edge, and keep on pushing
Progressive only cares about the shareholders, to make them happy means under staffing and overworking.
Progressive will highlight every problem, and ignore all but maybe one or two of your accomplishments
Progressive does not promote easily, but are really big on sideway shifts.
Progressive is not a healthy place to work, they really don't care about you or your wellbeing in the slightest.
South Florida is the worst area to work with such low morale, bullying and intimidation. Everyone in my office too has just had it and are looking for jobs. An entire office secretly looking for new jobs, too scared to make their resumes public in case of repercussions from Progressive. How very, very sad that they do everything in their power to make you feel like you cannot do your job, making you feel you owe it to them to work harder, and put in extra hours daily for no additional pay. How many work late? How many take work home with them? Nearly everyone and management quite happily turns a blind eye.

What would happen if everyone stopped the overtime and working from home? Management would really show their fangs and true colors. Human Resources, it's no secret you read all these posts, you're supposed to be there to help us, where is all this help we have been promised? New hires? Still not as many as we have lost. You yourselves said volume is up so why less employees? Oh wait, I know this one, the company was not structured properly before right, but now it is? You fired managers, you simply chose not to replace the lower minions because it was more profitable. I own shares in Progressive, can I make a request for some assistance please?
I do have to applaud Progressive for the employee hiring system though. Hiring fresh out of university is ingenious as they have little work experience and are definitely more pliable and accepting that the treatment of your employees is standard. I would like to see you try the same thing with people who have more work experience. I assure you, your salary will by no means cover the loss of friends, loss of time, loss of motivation, and most importantly your loss of happiness.

To everyone who is in Progressive looking for a new job, best of luck, I am right there with you.
Tho everyone who feels worthless, degraded and at the edge of insanity, its not your fault, and you are not alone. You don't have to put up with it, you alone control your destiny, you alone have the power to change it.
To anyone who is looking at joining Progressive, open your eyes!

Pay is average or worse. There is no respect. The benefits cost a ton and give poor coverage. Job security is the pits here. These clowns keep laying off good people. Balance don't exist. The scales are tipped and you can have no life outside of the job. If you try you're gonna end up on sto's 'cause you can't keep up if you have a life. Career potential is pretty crappy. I mean, who would even want to be part of this company if they had a place to run away to. Location is pretty much something that don't matter much. If you have an office it will probably end up shut down. Coworker competency is lowest I seen it in a long time and that is tied into job security. Work environment is the way you seen it talked about all over this web site. If ya don't know, ya don't wanna know. Trust me on that one.

I could go on about what a bad place this is, but my mama taught that we should not use the kind of language that I would have to use to paint the right kind of picture for you about this company. And even if I decided to heck with it and used every nasty word I could think of it would still be just a great big candy coated understatement of great magnitude.

The best advice I could you guys is to get the heck out of Dodge as soon as you find the chance. Everyone is my office is out looking for another place to call work, so why don't you just do the math.

If you are not part of the elite manager's club, you're a pesant.
Shut up and do as you're told.......