If you are married, have children, or responsibilities at home this job is not for you unless you are ok with working long hours or ok being away from home for long periods of time. This job WILL be your life and a normal personal life is unfeasible if you are doing the job correctly. In order to meet company expectations 10-12 hour days are needed, working on weekends are mandatory at times, and alternating working away from home for 2 weeks straight are mandatory with no choice in the matter. This is a highly stressful job with high anxiety issues. Many employees are on anxiety meds and medical staff close to the company headquarters are aware of the stressful work environment. If you cant handle a fast pace work environment, stress at work, and cant handle anxiety this job is not for you. You will be working long hours to comply with company claim file standards on your files and when a storm hits you will be working away from home for long periods of time which is mandatory. Though you will work a local area, during a large storm you will be required to travel to that area during 2 week stints which is mandatory multiple times. This is not a normal job with normal work hours, you may be fed a line that differs before you are hired, but when you begin to work there the reality will say other wise. The Insurance company is run by a husband and wife with their kids put into high managerial roles over more qualified internal candidates. Harassment in the home office management was overlooked and only dealt with due to the Dept of Labor was contacted by a former employee that was harassed. Advancement is hard unless you are in the good ol boy network and friends with upper management. Top management is aware of the workload issues but will not hire additional staff as it effects the bottomline. Managers do not retire until they are retirement age. The company work load under the current claim file standards is unrealistic to be completed in standard working hours. Before agreeing to work at Texas Farm Bureau Insurance be sure you can handle stress, anxiety, long work hours, extensive travel, and being away from home a-lot for 2 weeks at a time multiple times and ol with working multiple weekends. Visit with current employees in the position you want on their personal time to get a feel for how the job is.