A golden handcuff company with dinosaur management, high salaries and unbelievable benefits. - Manager TIAA Employee Review

4.0
25 May 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The Consulting Services side of the company pays really well for the amount of work expected. The company pays the majority of costs for above average health benefits and 100% funds individual retirement accounts. TIAA takes pride in its locations (no shopping malls) and has large prestigious real estate holdings housing semi-luxury offices. Lots and lots of food is brought in to celebrate just about everything.

Cons

There is little opportunity for promotion. Back stabbing between competitors for open jobs is encouraged. No one is ever fired; if someone screws up big time, the worst they can expect is to be promoted into a job where they can do less damage (if it's really bad, the promo is into the Admin side of the company where the dinosaurs are put out to pasture).

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5.0
14 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance, good benefits, decent pay, ease of running your own practice as an “advisor”, and healthy work environment

Cons

Management styles can vary and affect your experience, upper management doesn’t seem to be well equipped to ensure the organization’s success but it is resilient nonetheless.

2.0
16 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Compensation is great for advisors once they are promoted to VP. Everyone else has to wait a year and hope for a good rating that's more of a game than merit based

Cons

Woke culture, reverse discrimination, very frustrating to do business with as a client

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