Assurant Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Assurant full-time for less than a year

Pros – There are lots of opportunity for advancement.

Cons – There is no real Human Resource presence. When you have an HR issue you do not know who to contact.

Advice to Senior Management – My management was located in Ohio and I was in Georgia. There was very little support. My advice to my old manager would be that respect is earned. Talk to people in a way that you would want to be spoken to.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Assurant full-time for less than a year

Pros – The environment in conducive to learning. Which is helpful for someone with limited experience.

Cons – Many teams are scattered throughout the US. I work in NY and my manager works in Woodbury, MN.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Assurant as an intern for less than a year

Pros – - Great work environment
- Located in Downtown Milwaukee
- Social events for the Interns
- Networking Opportunities
- Present in front of upper management
- Flexible schedule
- Opportunity to get hired on full-time upon graduation of college

Cons – - Not much room for creativity with projects assigned to interns
- Need to have experience with SQL and Excel (some training is provided though)
- Some technology is outdated

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Assurant full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Peers are good people to work with.
If you're desperate for a job and can get one here, you could do worse.
Benefits are adequate.

Cons – Poor Management of people.
Not a place for innovative thinking. In fact there are active mechanisms in place to punish people who think outside the box.
Taking advantage of economy to demand 50 hours/week of people.

Advice to Senior Management – I would advise Management to learn how to manage people, but that advice would fall on deaf ears. This is because success in the company is based on your political astuteness, not your competence or people management skills.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Assurant full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – traditional focus on employee development;

Cons – lack of consistency with initiatives;

Advice to Senior Management – clarify specialty business orientation which was focus in the most successful past periods

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Assurant full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good opportunity if you are in the right department and location. Company uses product innovation to stay competitive and has done a decent job in staying relevant in the industry.

Cons – Has a bad reputation for not paying claims which leads to disgruntled clients which leads to client attrition. Also, has a tendency to quckly become uncompetitive in any given market.

Advice to Senior Management – Find your niche and stay there.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Assurant full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good people, nice building. Was a very good place to work when I started

Cons – They are moving from a sales center to a customer service center. They want people that can read a script word for word

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Assurant full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – A family like working environment with people on your team. Easier to advance to new jobs within the company when already an associate applying within.

Cons – Hard to get hired back when you leave on good terms. Too many people cut corners to make productions, while employees that work correctly get punished when compared.

Advice to Senior Management – Advance those employees who have been there over 3 years to higher positions within the department, instead of keeping them at their starting position for ever. Change the production criteria to a range quota, instead of an exact number quota each month because that system hurts innocent people. Management on all levels included HR should be trained on how to talk to associates politely and professionally. Yelling doesn't solve anything, especially if the person really didn't do anything major. Management needs to stop firing so many people over production.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Assurant full-time for more than a year

Pros – This is a good company to work for when it comes to the people you work with. There are good managers there and some that are learning how to manage teams.

Cons – It depends on the manager and department you are in.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn to have everyone on your team be tam players and do their part. Offer more opportunities to move up in career

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Assurant full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good Mission, great people to work with. Fair pay and advancement opportunities for performers

Cons – Downsizing's affect on current employees

Advice to Senior Management – Understand the value of customer service

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend