Great company, but not a lot of career opportunities - Underwriter Markel Employee Review

3.0
14 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great corporate culture and work-life balance. Plenty of great co-workers and managers looking our for your well-being. Upper management doing a great job of building value in the company itself.

Cons

As a publicly-traded company, shareholders are priority number one, not the employees. Treated as dispensable and under compensated compared to the competition. Alarming amount of nepotism as the best people are frequently overlooked for positions. Losing large numbers of underwriters and not filling those positions, rather pushing more responsibilities on support staff.

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5.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Supportive team environment Flexible work schedule Good work-life balance Friendly coworkers and management Opportunities to learn new skills Decent benefits package

Cons

Communication between departments could be improved Workload can be inconsistent at times Pay could be more competitive

4.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hybrid. Decent training. Decent pay. Nice PTO package and bonus based on performance.

Cons

Slow promotions, raises. Corporate America.

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