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The IT department is going downhill fast - Anonymous employee West Bend Insurance Company Employee Review

1.0
9 Feb 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice building and grounds. Nice fitness area.

Cons

I believe I read the word "toxic" in a couple of these reviews to describe the environment within IT at West Bend. I worked at West Bend for several years and the last couple of years were horrible. What's sad is that every former employee that I have spoken to in the past 2 years have nothing but awful things to say about their experience. What does that tell you? Yet, the CIO and senior management believe that they cannot attract talent because no one wants to drive to West Bend! The culture has changed from very pro-employee to one that fosters an attitude that employees are expendable and can be easily replaced. If someone does not agree with the direction IT is heading in or is determined to be "not a good fit" for whatever reason, they are pushed out. While there are some good leaders, there are many poor ones all the way up the food chain. I continuously hear about one of the managers still there from current employees - they don't understand why he's still managing. Its a shame because there are many very good workers that just want to be respected and appreciated.

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Cons

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Pros

Modern technology stack with opportunities to work on cloud systems, APIs, distributed architecture, and enterprise modernization efforts. There are smart engineers throughout the organization, and some teams genuinely care about delivering quality solutions. The technical challenges themselves can help accelerate growth in areas like Azure, React, system integration, and large-scale enterprise workflows.

Cons

The environment often felt highly results-driven without enough emphasis on communication clarity, collaboration, or healthy engineering alignment. Requirements and priorities shifted frequently while delivery pressure remained high. Many interactions across leadership and architecture boundaries felt transactional instead of collaborative, which could make engineers feel isolated rather than supported. Success often depended as much on navigating ambiguity and organizational dynamics as technical ability itself.

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