Poor leadership, toxic work environment - Consultant The Hartford Employee Review

1.0
21 May 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

• Decent PTO, especially to start, but this is likely fairly common in the industry. • Ability to gain some training / experience and move on to a better employer. • 10 free mental health sessions per year - you're going to need them. • Your experience might be better in a profitable segment of the company, such as Commercial, but the company generally has some pretty deep cultural flaws as noted below.

Cons

• Executive leadership borders on cartoon villainy. Their commitment to DEI is laughable, and there can be no doubt they care not about the minions operating the money machine. • Middle management is inept and serves only to toe the line from said villains above, do not expect support of any kind. There are a lot of long timers / legacy staff that fumbled their way into these positions and cling onto them despite being completely unqualified; micromanagement, manipulation/gaslighting and passive aggression is common. • Compensation is poor and workloads are unmanageable. The Hartford's mantra is generally "do more with less", which basically means you will do the work of 2-3 people because those people were laid off or left and won't be replaced. • Perhaps because of the issues noted above, you will interact with bitter and angry people who are not pleasant to work with and make the job more of a slog than it needs to be. It's a fairly dog eat dog environment where people are only interested in how you can further their own goals and ambition. Work here at your own risk.

Explore other reviews about The Hartford

5.0
7 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great culture and people, manageable workload

Cons

Middle management seems disconnected from direct reports at times

2.0
8 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

benefits, flexibility, remote work, attendance, and company name

Cons

leadership, coworkers, turnover, pay, and work/life balance

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All