The boss is right. Don't ask questions. All in on "the style"! - Anonymous employee Markel Employee Review

1.0
25 Jan 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The investment portfolio does well masking the results of marginal operational results so the quarterly reports look great. If you don't get backstabbed by some, good people can be found to work with. Okay place to hang for a while.

Cons

Top down, do as you are told and then punish at review time no matter what the accomplishment, culture. Highly dispersed / scattered teams supported with lousy Telecom and Audio Visual. So much outsourcing of core support capabilities employees do 200% of work to cover for poor performing outsource vendors. Lots of executive rah, rah about "the style" but not something that is relevant in the org. Reorgs and RIFs happen while execs exhort earnings.

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5.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Supportive team environment Flexible work schedule Good work-life balance Friendly coworkers and management Opportunities to learn new skills Decent benefits package

Cons

Communication between departments could be improved Workload can be inconsistent at times Pay could be more competitive

4.0
28 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Hybrid. Decent training. Decent pay. Nice PTO package and bonus based on performance.

Cons

Slow promotions, raises. Corporate America.

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