Keep your eyes down and your opinions to yourself - Commercial Underwriter Federated Insurance Employee Review

3.0
13 Feb 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Federated offers a great training program, a great product and a pension plan.

Cons

Management. Pure and simple. If you are on the right side of management, you will succeed whether you deserve it or not. They ask for your opinion and if you give an honest response, you are not "supporting the company directive". The directive should just be do as we say, how we say to do it and keep your eyes down and mouth shut. You can do everything they ask of you and it still isn't good enough. They focus on the things you do wrong, versus the things you do right. Too many "does not meet expectations" and you are on your way out the door. You can meet expectations for many years, with several different managers, but you get a manager who you don't click with, good luck meeting their expectations. You know who the "chosen" employees are and you know who the "workhorse" employees are and you know the employees who are on the "hit list".

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5.0
5 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Hands down, the best employment culture of any company I’ve worked for in my 25+ years practicing law. Federated is a true rarity - a company that genuinely lives its corporate values every day, in decisions both large and small. Leadership listens to employees with curiosity and a willingness to improve, not defensiveness or indifference. There’s a common refrain that if a company takes care of its employees, those employees will, in turn, take care of customers. I’ve never seen that philosophy embraced or executed as successfully as it is at Federated. Success is recognized and rewarded, teamwork - or “interdependence,” as we call it - is the norm, and challenges or setbacks are treated as opportunities for constructive feedback and growth. And that’s before even mentioning the outstanding compensation and benefits. I recommend Federated wholeheartedly and without reservation to friends and family.

Cons

Business formal dress code for more senior positions may be a bit antiquated.

1.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pension and cheap health insurance

Cons

Working with the entitled MRs, micromanagement, high work stress, no flexibility for WFH

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