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Funeral Directors Life Reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(60 total reviews)
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Kris Seale

78% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Funeral Directors Life has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 60 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Funeral Directors Life employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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60 reviews
1.0
19 Dec 2022

If I could give negative stars I would....

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I have nothing nice to say about this place, except maybe, they provide free bottles of water, Vitamin Water and sometimes Topo Chico.

Cons

Homophobic, Hypocrites, with Culty-Vibes, that basically sums this place up. You are required to attend "Religious Lunch and Learns" and then not allowed to leave the building for lunch, and they think that buying you lunch makes it an even trade. They have "Leaders of the Community" (lol) speak about HIGHLY offensive and inappropriate topics based on their beliefs. However in the welcome packet, they are "welcoming to all individuals", except it should say "Welcoming to all individuals who vote republican, and are NOT apart of the LGBTQ community". I have never worked for such an intolerant company in my entire life. Employees "praise" the CEO as if he is God or Santa Clause. They will try and make you think they are a wonderful work place, with wonderful people and a great outlook except when you actually get in the workplace 85% of the people are rude, talk about each other constantly, or are sleeping with each other. BUT you get FREE water, Vitamin Water and Topo Chico, as well as a onsite gym. I could go on and on but honestly I'd probably pay for an a billboard in this town that says DO NOT APPLY to FDLIC. You probably won't see this review after a few days when they are able to review and pay to have it removed!

2.0
9 Jan 2023

Uncomfortable culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

On-site gym and clinic. Free snacks and coffee. Free medical insurance. People are nice, if you fit their mold.

Cons

Nepotism - Don't expect to earn a management position unless you're related to executive management. They have a special "Leadership Development Academy" to give jobs to the executives' kids. The CEO makes up unnecessary job positions for his old college buddies and lets them harass women in the workplace. Anti LGBTQ -Executive leadership has specifically stated that transgender people shouldn't work at this company. Those in non-hetero relationships are not open about them, probably for a reason. Non-inclusive - The CEO's pastor is a recurring speaker at mandatory work events and in company media to recruit for his church. Have had a politician of only one specific political party visit the office to campaign. Low PTO - PTO doesn't roll over. You get 1 week (5 days) of vacation your first year. Cult-like Culture - A lot of things are done "because the CEO said so." Dress code - Inconsistent dress code. Casual most of the time, but will often get less than 24hr notice that business professional is required the next day.

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Funeral Directors Life Response
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Thank you for taking time to share your review. We are disappointed that this has been your employee experience at FDLIC. Every day we strive to maintain a culture of love and respect for all employees where feedback and opinions, both negative and positive are sought after and valued. We strive to be an open and inclusive workplace. Year end and year out we have been recognized nationally, by Great Place to Work® which is the national global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and leadership behaviors. To acquire certification, our employees completed an anonymous survey in which they rank the workplace culture, leadership, benefits, and other factors within the company. In addition, our workplace continues to receive state recognition annually as one of the “Best Companies® to Work for in Texas,” which is driven in large part by anonymous employee surveys, as well! And finally, in 2022 our company received the inaugural “Best Workplace in the Big Country,” by the Abilene Chamber of Commerce. We strongly encourage all current and former employees who believe they have been subjected to inappropriate behavior, conduct, or harassment in the workplace to please contact our Director of Employee Relations, Sonia DeLeon, and report that conduct so that we may address it properly.
1.0
20 Oct 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The only positives I have about this place are the employees I met.

Cons

The pay is half of what it should be. Despite having record breaking profits for the last three years (thanks COVID) salaries have not increased. Many people work here for a year or two then leave for better jobs where they can work from home and make double the salary doing their current job at FDLIC. Due to this the company has a hard time keeping quality workers who know what they are doing. The people who stay are only the ones who are apart of the correct social groups and attend the correct church and in turn are promoted to middle and upper management jobs despite having no experience in those areas. You can also become apart of the "leadership program" which they just choose people who are upper middle class, white and also go to their church to be apart of. All of the work experience you've had prior goes out the door once you get a job here, after you've sat through two months of doing one interview every other week. You are seen as a blank slate that doesn't know anything about the prospective job you've applied for. Middle and Upper Management are intentionally deceptive with feedback. They use the term "helpers of people" and "get used to change" or "love everyone one; LEO" to lull you into a sense of security but in reality they are looking for reasons to get rid of you on a weekly basis. This is encouraged via "one on one" meetings that you have with managers where they are making marks against you and not telling you while also not giving any advice on how to ever improve or get better if you are doing something wrong.

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