Pros
Working with wonderful people who deserve more from their employer
Cons
It’s all a facade. The culture is a marketing story, created by sales people and not by their so called “people center”. The culture is only real for insurance producers and their sales reps who sell as much IUL as they can to anyone with a pulse. (I’m waiting for the day there is a Netflix special on NLG and PFA and the pyramid scheme they helped create together.) Diversity is planted and paid off with a patriarchal bargain. Employees are patronized and made to feel inadequate if they don’t fit into a culture that doesn’t exist. Turnover is comical. Trying to do the basic duties of your job is a daily struggle. They notoriously underpay, especially in Vermont, where I have heard hiring managers say they can underpay qualified employees because “they won’t get what they want in Vermont anywhere else”. There are no benefits of working at a company this size over a large insurer who will pay better, have more diversity, have actual training, decent tuition reimbursement, career paths, and people who aren’t all so miserable (rightfully so). But sometimes they give you a free branded north face so it’s cool.
