Nationwide Financial Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Nationwide Financial full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Lots of good people, lots of opportunities to work on different things, lots of areas to get into. If you work hard, your reputation can help you direct your career there. The benefits are really good, too. The company is socially progressive, fiscally conservative.

Cons – The weight and inertia of a big organization can be maddening. Process is usually added, not removed. And there's the inevitable network proxies, VPN access, Lotus Notes and other obstacles to just getting your work done.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't blindly apply an "economies of scale" approach to things. Homogenizing things, and merging things, can sound good on paper, but I've seen instances where the opposite tactic would have had significant benefits for the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nationwide Financial as an intern

Pros – 1. Employees are cared
2. The work culture is pleasant
3. The company is stable

Cons – 1. The company is less competitive
2. Columbus is a dull place

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Nationwide Financial full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Nationwide Financial has a fantastic record of providing their associates with the necessary tools to succeed and they really do care about their associates in some aspects.

Cons – They do a less than stellar job of promoting associates already working at the company to executive type jobs.

Advice to Senior Management – Build up your talent bench that is currently employed at your company, focusing on internal candidates first and foremost who understand the culture and the business

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Nationwide Financial part-time for less than a year

Pros – Great place to work, pay is good and people are good.

Cons – The temp is changing in the winter

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Nationwide Financial full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Unlimited income potential if you work hard

Cons – Lots of changing underwriting rules.

Advice to Senior Management – Work harder at spending time in your agent's offices.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Nationwide Financial full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Lots of internal opportunity, lots of new skills learned

Cons – Sometimes it take a while to steer a big ship in another direction.

Advice to Senior Management – Your employees are more important than your stockholders. Make your employees happy and the stockholders will also be happy.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Nationwide Financial

Pros – Ability to move within the company for new opportunities
Benefits
Opportunities to learn more skills
Managers push you for success
Many locations

Cons – Pay seems to be below what one can find outside Nationwide
Employees are able to move up from within the call center sometimes leaving abilities lacking in IT

Advice to Senior Management – Understand that throwing bodies at a situation does not fix it. Employees should not be moved simply to appease a staffing model. Otherwise, management does a great job empowering and engaging the associates.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Nationwide Financial

Pros – I had great co-workers that made the job very enjoyable. Everyone was willing to pitch-in to help out in any situation.

Cons – Promotions opportunities are very limited since the organization is very top-level heavy. Too much process for simple tasks in order to get simple tasks completed quickly and easily.

Advice to Senior Management – Be more honest and truthful in terms of opportunities and growth.

Former Employee – worked at Nationwide Financial

Pros – As a midwest firm, there are still some midwest values in place. This can be good and bad at times.

Cons – You can make more elsewhere, but remember many firms out there could care less about you and will fire you wihout a moments hesitation. You may not get rich at Nationwide, but you can make good money and have a work life balance.

Advice to Senior Management – Increase compensation levels for field people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Nationwide Financial

Pros – Work within the right agency, and warm leads are unending.

Cons – Several brokerage platforms still exist due to mergers and acquisitions.

Advice to Senior Management – Streamiline business submission over he web.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend